Exploring Failed Desktop Publishing Tools: The Story of Xerox Alto
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rbanffy
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Summary
The article discusses 10 desktop publishing tools that were groundbreaking but ultimately failed to succeed. It focuses on the Xerox Alto platform, which inspired the GUI-based world we live in today.
Key quotes
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Looking at the Xerox Alto, the computer that inspired Apple to create the Macintosh, as a machine that could be used to lay out and publish things might to some degree fudge the “desktop publishing” definition for some, but the case for it is pret
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