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Old 06-15-2007, 10:53 AM  
Degenerate
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Originally Posted by After Shock Media View Post
Nah it was Xerox and actually Xerox labs invented most of the shit we use for the internet. The problem was that the old men in charge of Xerox saw no use or possibility in anything the lab created.
That is why Xerox labs had no problem showing stuff off to Steve Jobbs who then stole the ideas and started up with Apple, which he sort of showed to Bill Gates to do some programing and Bill also saw the potential and stole it from Steve. Which really should end the Bill stole it arguement, nobody had clean hands aside from Xerox labs and their bosses who like IBM saw no potential in certain technology.
I heard similar stories like that in the past before about Xerox.... interesting to hear someone back it up. THank you .
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