I meet a depressing number of people who have never ever heard any of this history. I was at Xerox in the late 80s when they were trying to remain relevant. There were all kinds of things wrong with the Star, for all its innovation, but the business model was the real problem. It made no sense uniless you bought dozens of them and then bought laser printers and file servers... Also, sales force incentives (bonuses) were principally based on how much paper and toner the sales rep could move through all the other products they sold. So you could sell a staggeringly complex and expensive network of workstations, fileservers, printers, and applications etc. and hardly make a dime until you had lots of adoption and people still printed out paper docs on the laser printers... or you could just sell more copiers that used paper and toner and have immediate, simpler and more predictable stream of consumable sales to line up with your monthly mortgage and car payments :)
@JosipMiller
2 жыл бұрын
I knew about this remarkable group and being actively involved in engineering projects in science I understand and respect these creative people even more.
@viarnay
2 жыл бұрын
they changed the world forever with the automatization of data processing
@captainkeyboard1007
Жыл бұрын
As a keyboard specialist who has solid typewriting skills, I was not given chances to become employed and capture exposure to the microcomputer and the word processor, except at school. Now I believe that Xerox (PARC) has played an integral role in developing the microcomputer, laser printing, especially in color, and network systems, all of which are computer technology at its finest. Now I can appreciate it even more and need not to search for regular work again. I can continue to do such work right in the privacy of my home.
@PhilMoskowitz
2 жыл бұрын
You sold Douglas Engelbart short in omitting his 1968 GUI presentation in the "Mother of All Demos". A demonstration of not just a GUI interface, but word processing and video-conferencing as well.
@viarnay
2 жыл бұрын
and hypertext too
@markdecker6190
5 ай бұрын
They sold a lot of things short in this video. It's what I hate about these superficial low-budget presentations. It almost seems like it was AI-generated. Too many things were glossed over and/or were not properly synced between audio and video, and key details were ignored or incomplete.
@Some1Something
2 жыл бұрын
Timely upload! Taking a course on Operating Systems, and the instructor mentioned that Xerox were the first to implement a GUI.
@justcurious1940
7 ай бұрын
I saw the movie (pirates of silicon valley).
@justcurious1940
7 ай бұрын
Fascinating.
@rc4652
Жыл бұрын
They could've been Apple and Microsoft combined. But the leadership dropped the ball.
@liquidsnake6879
Жыл бұрын
They did release a GUI machine before Apple did, it was called the Xerox Star, but it bombed in the market, in their defense so did the Lisa and the first Macintosh, took a while for people to accept GUIs as a new standard and not just a gimmick
@hwpoison
2 жыл бұрын
great history, thanks for this amazing documentary
@joaodecarvalho7012
2 жыл бұрын
Legendary.
@sushi99999
2 жыл бұрын
How did you get the pronunciation of "why-z-wig"? 😖 It's "wizzy-wig"! Otherwise I enjoyed this video. Not many people know how much a "copier company" changed the face of computing, or how Apple's marketing genius popularized all the ideas they stole.
@cmarano
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sushi. That pronunciation was driving me crazy as well.
@capnzilog
2 жыл бұрын
Metaphor Computer Systems represent! We beat the Mac to market. :)
@londontrada
Жыл бұрын
Xerox PARC was the first machine with an undo function
@steveavecillas1114
Ай бұрын
Xerox came out with Star Workstation Computers in 1980 But each computer cost 25 000. Many companies decided to purchase an ibm pc because it cost 6000.. Xerox had another chance to dominate the computer industry but they failed again
@michelecampanelli5419
9 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@midas617
2 жыл бұрын
Gooey!
@Peruss
2 жыл бұрын
good content ...slow down and e-n-u-n-c-i-a-t-e!!!
@smorrisby
2 жыл бұрын
You cannot have two point ninety-four. It's two point nine four!
@Revelator2025
10 ай бұрын
This was good BUT it’s pronounced WIZZY-WIG!!! 😊
@viarnay
2 жыл бұрын
A fucking photocopier destroyed the xerox alto :- s
@DusyehdXhshdh
Күн бұрын
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@erikreider
2 жыл бұрын
Why use a gui when you can have a Linux terminal? :)
@AlamoOriginal
2 жыл бұрын
my dad couldn't use the terminal, so have some respect
@erikreider
2 жыл бұрын
@@AlamoOriginal dude, it was a joke...
@anoopm2022
4 ай бұрын
@erikreider not everyone are computer nerds or geeks. This is the reason why Windows and Android are the most used OS. Their policy is keep it simple. Even some linux distros are moving to GUI post the huge success of Android which itself is based on Linux Kernel. Best example of Linux distro is Zorin OS which can adapt & blend like Windows & Mac making it easy for Apple and Windows user attract to Linux who are using it for first time.
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