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Xerox PARC

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Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, founded in 1970.

Xerox PARC — Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, founded in 1970.

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Xerox PARC, 1970. The invention that fit, and the ones that walked out.
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The Mother of All Demos, 1968. What was shown but never built.
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In 1960, Engelbart ran the numbers. Moore's Law is the half we kept.
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