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

The magic of Xerox PARC

Chapter 1

The birth of a dream lab

Chapter 2

Designing the future's interface

Chapter 3

Connecting the world together

Chapter 4

The great technology handoff

Ch 4 · The great technology handoff

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steve Sort each groundbreaking invention to discover how PARC shaped the modern computer.

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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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steve The great technology handoff

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

steve Apple used PARC's concepts to create the Macintosh, while Microsoft followed close behind with Windows.

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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

steve Xerox executives in New York failed to understand the value of PARC's digital inventions, focusing only on copiers.

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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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