Xerox PARC's Engineers Tell IEEE Spectrum How They Invented the Future
ArtificialOther · x · 2026-09-15
IEEE Spectrum publishes a long-form piece by Tekla S. Perry and Paul Wallich in which Xerox PARC's own engineers recount how the legendary lab invented the future — GUI, Ethernet, laser printing — and why Xerox failed to commercialize it. A first-person look at PARC's innovation culture and its famous missed opportunities.
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