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Wait, how much did they get from selling Apple the UI and mouse?
by readyplayernull 3y ago
Wait, how much did they get from selling Apple the UI and mouse?
- linguae 3y ago$200,000 net ROI from a $1.2 million sale of Apple’s pre-IPO shares in 1979 or 1980 dollars, though it could’ve made much, much more had Xerox held on to those shares: https://livingcomputers.org/Blog/What-Really-Happened-Steve-Jobs-@-Xerox-PARC-79.aspx https://livingcomputers.org/Blog/What-Really-Happened-Steve-...
- AlbertCory 3y agoexcellent. Jerry Morrison and I analyzed in depth what they should have done: https://www.albertcory.io/lets-do-have-hindsight https://www.albertcory.io/lets-do-have-hindsight Most people don't know that, in the 80's, they DID spin off a number of companies, where Xerox's only investment was a license to use the technology. Had they held onto Apple and all those, they'd be one of the biggest holding companies in the world, if not the biggest.
- readyplayernull 3y agoAmazing! Please do an HN submit.
- AlbertCory 3y agoI think I did, but can always do it again. Thanks.
- warkdarrior 3y agoYou cannot blame the blatant lack of business vision and business acumen on researchers.
- woodson 3y agoNot sure, but the mouse was invented at SRI.