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Bill Atkinson: Polaroids Showing the Evolution of the Lisa GUI [video]

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smallduck ◴[21 Jun 25 22:33 UTC] No.44341225[source]▶
To anyone who thought Apple simply copied what they called at Xerox Parc, check this one out.
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1. ProllyInfamous ◴[26 Jun 25 05:01 UTC] No.44384311[source]▶
The part so-often left out of this story (that Apple "stole IP from Xerox") is that the C-suite at Xerox got special considerations during AAPL's IPO, in exchange for access to their engineers in Palo Alto. From the POV of these former salesmen-turned-executives, it was fiscally worthwhile (they generally despised/misunderstood PARC engineers).

Xerox, of course, almost immediately liquidated their AAPL holdings (doh!).

Recalled from reading Dealers of Lightning at Xerox PARC (my favorite non-fiction book of the past few years).

[0] amazon.com/Dealers-Lightning-Xerox-PARC-Computer-ebook/dp/B0029PBVCA/