This Month In the History of Information Technologies

This Month In the History of Information Technologies

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This Month In the History of Information Technologies
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Xerox Fumbles the Future

Xerox Fumbles the Future

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Apr 27, 2024
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This Month In the History of Information Technologies
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Xerox Fumbles the Future
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Today in 1981, Xerox introduced the Xerox 8010 Star Information System, featuring a bitmapped screen, Ethernet, a computer mouse, a laser printer, the Smalltalk language, a WYSIWYG word processor, and software for combining text and graphics in the same document. It failed in the marketplace.

On January 19, 1983, Apple introduced Lisa, a $9,995 PC for bu…

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