Looks like we got a lying Microsoft fanboy here. That crap about Steve Jobs stealing from PARC is the biggest myth in computer history.
Apple actually licensed the GUI from PARC by giving Xerox Apple stock in exchange for engineer visits and an understanding that Apple would create a GUI product. Xerox did not believe in the technology because the Xerox Star (which was actually released in 1981) had originally failed in the market. The Xerox Star sold poorly because it was priced out of the market, selling for $16,000 or up to $100,000 for a file and print server.
And Steve wasn't fired because the Macintosh failed. First of all, the Macintosh failed because John Sculley raised the price to 2,500, a move that Steve protested against (The Lisa had failed because of its high price and Steve didn't want to repeat that mistake). That was merely the beginning of the problems between Steve and Scully. Ultimately Steve was fired because of a power struggle with the board of directors. He was fired because he wanted to replace Sculley as CEO. The board lined up behind Sculley instead.
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clak @ Mar 20th 2008 4:22AM
@Steveoreo
Looks like we got a lying Microsoft fanboy here. That crap about Steve Jobs stealing from PARC is the biggest myth in computer history.
Apple actually licensed the GUI from PARC by giving Xerox Apple stock in exchange for engineer visits and an understanding that Apple would create a GUI product. Xerox did not believe in the technology because the Xerox Star (which was actually released in 1981) had originally failed in the market. The Xerox Star sold poorly because it was priced out of the market, selling for $16,000 or up to $100,000 for a file and print server.
And Steve wasn't fired because the Macintosh failed. First of all, the Macintosh failed because John Sculley raised the price to 2,500, a move that Steve protested against (The Lisa had failed because of its high price and Steve didn't want to repeat that mistake). That was merely the beginning of the problems between Steve and Scully. Ultimately Steve was fired because of a power struggle with the board of directors. He was fired because he wanted to replace Sculley as CEO. The board lined up behind Sculley instead.
And oh yeah, Flash still sucks.