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by turnsout
699 days ago
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It was 100% an above-board trade. Xerox at that point had poured an ocean of money into PARC and hadn't really seen any return on it. I don't think they would have seen it as an IP transfer, because it wasn't. Apple didn't rush out to implement Smalltalk. Instead they were inspired by the principles, misunderstood some stuff, and came up with something 100% better for the average consumer. Xerox wasn't stupid—they were trying to get some value out of this research lab that was, on paper, lighting money on fire. |
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