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PARC: As Silicon Valley as it Gets

Posted May 01, 2008 06:00pm EDT by Sarah Lacy in Internet, Networking and Communication, Software and Services, Tales of the Valley, Information Technology
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Xerox is responsible for more than that copier in your office. There's one place in Silicon Valley where Apple, Google, Yahoo, and any other modern computing or Internet company can trace its roots back to, and that's Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. It was started in the 1970s to create "the architecture of information" and among its inventions were the Ethernet, the graphical user interface, laser printed and distributed computing.
 
Xerox's chief technology officer, Sophie Vandebroek, takes us on a tour of PARC, describing its inventions of the past, present and future.
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11 Comments

Neal
Neal - Thursday May 01, 2008 07:39PM EDT

it's a so good web

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Yahoo! Finance User - Thursday May 01, 2008 07:41PM EDT

Sarah did a good job but has to be careful when listening to interviewees. She says "uh huh" too often. Besides that she did a great job!

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John D
John D - Thursday May 01, 2008 08:57PM EDT

Uh huh!

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Sue
Sue - Thursday May 01, 2008 09:50PM EDT

I bet they don't give away technology anymore.

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BarneyF
BarneyF - Thursday May 01, 2008 10:36PM EDT

Thanks son!!! very interesting will send to my old buddies, keep up the good work./POPS

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madmilker
madmilker - Thursday May 01, 2008 10:40PM EDT

Xerox it.......beats copy it......any day! bout time someone took notice.

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Mahendran
Mahendran - Friday May 02, 2008 08:55AM EDT

hai i am lic agent

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Mahendran
Mahendran - Friday May 02, 2008 08:56AM EDT

hai i am lic agent

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Fred
Fred - Friday May 02, 2008 09:19AM EDT

Why does Sarah gesticulate so when she talks?

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Ernie c
Ernie c - Friday May 02, 2008 10:03AM EDT

lets gooooo tyc ge ford aci buy buy buy .

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Luisfer
Luisfer - Friday May 02, 2008 11:58AM EDT

El PARC de Xerox siempre ha desarrollado estupendas aplicaciones de Soft. y buenos , sin más , equipos de Hard. , pero le han fallado las personas que debian encargarse de su explotación como negocio. Tengo la sensación de que lo único que están intentando en este momento es vender humo y ver si siguen existiendo ilusos que compran.

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