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Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley
In article <Pine.SGI.3.91r.990627150219.2422295B-100000@tcfreenet.org>,
buchner@tcfreenet.org says...
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> I had heard something about Raskin working at PARC before Apple, but
> never heard any confirmation on it. And yes, Apple did base their
> designs for the Mac interface on Xerox's concepts but they also pushed
> well past what PARC was working on at the time. There is also the
> fact that Apple gave Xerox $1 million dollars of stock to be able to
> do that visit which Xerox later sold (I believe) for $17+ million.
> Apple paid to look around PARC with the implication that they could
> use what they found at PARC.
Raskin had friends who worked at PARC and had seen demos of the things
they were working on before the offical Apple visit. I don't believe he
ever worked there himself.
Bob
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