SUMMARY - Fumbling The Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, The First Personal Computer By Robert C. Alexander And Douglas K. Smith

Written by Shortcut Edition

Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

As you read this summary, you will discover how Xerox, the photocopier company, invented the microcomputer, but did not commercially exploit this discovery.

You will also discover :

• that this first microcomputer dates back to 1973;
• that IBM's first PC was released in 1981, almost ten years later;
• that Xerox could have become the market leader if its leaders had come to an agreement;
• that Apple's first computer, the Apple I, didn't even have a screen.

How could Xerox, after inventing the first personal computer, the Alto, leave such a discovery lying fallow? After several years of research on the question, Douglas K. Smith and Robert C. Alexander dismantled the internal mechanisms that led to the abandonment of one of the most revolutionary products ever conceived. Believe it or not, few police investigations are as exciting! After reading this summary, will you see your computer in the same light?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shortcut Edition
• Release date: Mar 15, 2024
• ISBN: 9798868663826