24 Jan
2024
24 Jan
'24
2:16 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 2:04 PM Andrew Diller via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I think now anyone that wants to look a bit more
closely has a much better
idea and context about what caused the Birth of the Mac. That story of
"stolen from PARC" IMHO is just weak writing back when the Internet
didn't
have the info it has today which gives full context over what was going on.
And many people have told a much more rich and (I hope) accurate telling of
the story.
The Mac sure made an impact on me and I've never looked back or wanted to
use any other computing system (for my real computer) since then.
-andy
I read a narrative more recently that more accurately depicted the actual
events. I wish I could remember any details about it, otherwise I would
link it up so others could read it.
But basically, Jobs never stole anything. He was pretty much invited to
take a look, and then entered into some sort of exclusivity deal (I may be
wrong about this detail) to use Xerox tech. Xerox upper execs didn't see a
market in this kind of hardware; copiers were their game, so they didn't
get what they had, and didn't care. If anything, Apple should be thanked
for taking what would have been deadend technology at Xerox and making a
product with it. Basically.
Sellam