- New Low for Microsoft - 1 Update
| Boris <nospam@nospam.invalid>: Mar 29 03:18AM > when making newer OSes. Lots of ideas were "borrowed" > from Xerox PARC, once upon a time. > Paul Yes, once upon a time. And, yes, "borrowed". I joined Xerox PARC nearly four decades ago, a bit after it fumbled the future. When I got there, my tools included the Alto from 1973, later the Star 8010, from 1981, and still later the Daybreak 6085 from 1985, running ViewPoint. These were impressive machines for the times. It is unfortunate that Apple scientists visited the Computer Sciences Lab and capitalized on what they saw at PARC, and PARC didn't. Early on, PARC was looked upon as the red-headed step-child by the mothership, and the mothership wasn't able to see the future that was being invented at PARC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)#Accomplishments PARC's co-founder, George Pake, was still there when I arrived, as were some of the distinguised scientists known for much of PARC's innovation. PARC continues to innovate. https://www.parc.com/about-parc/parc-history/ PARC was a fun place to be. I retired after 32 years at PARC. |
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