• cannedtuna@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Xerox made a bunch of bad business decisions that caused a household name to disappear.

    Xerox invented the GUI, mouse, and Ethernet. But basically because sales didn’t immediately do well they killed revolutionary innovations and let IBM, Apple, and Microsoft benefit from their work.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)