The magic of Xerox PARC

Chapter 1

The birth of a dream lab

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Chapter 2

Designing the future's interface

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Chapter 3

Connecting the world together

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Chapter 4

The great technology handoff

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Master of The magic of Xerox PARC

Ch 4 · The great technology handoff

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Out of the PARC

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steve The day Steve Jobs visited PARC

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steve How Apple and Microsoft built on PARC's ideas

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steve Why Xerox corporate missed the revolution

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steve The lasting legacy of a generous lab

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Xerox PARC, bright and bold, GUI, mouse, stories told! Then the world took the vision, a new future to unfold!

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How Apple and Microsoft built on PARC's ideas

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Fun Fact

The stock trade: Steve Jobs allowed Xerox to buy 100,000 shares of Apple stock at pre-IPO prices in exchange for the PARC tour.

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Why Xerox corporate missed the revolution

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Quiz

How long did the famous 1979 tour of PARC for Steve Jobs and his team last?

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Gossip

Was Xerox foolish or generous for sharing their tech?

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What did Steve Jobs trade to Xerox in exchange for the guided tour of PARC?

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Why did Xerox corporate executives decide not to sell the Alto to the public?

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What did Steve Jobs famously say Xerox was sitting on during his visit?

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To which research institute did Xerox donate PARC in 2023?

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Which Apple computer, released in 1984, brought PARC's GUI concepts to the masses?

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In what year did Steve Jobs famously visit Xerox PARC?

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Which tech giant developed Windows after seeing the GUI concepts popularized by Apple and PARC?