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PARC Signs On A Partner: Fujitsu

Posted by timothy on from the wizards-of-ix dept.

leighklotz writes "PARC, which a few years ago was said be be targeted for a spin-off from Xerox, has signed on its first major partner under its new life as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xerox. Fujitsu has announced "Joint Research in Ubiquitous Computing," a three-year sponsored-research plan beginning in January 2005. 'Because we're not a product company, we need a partner like Fujitsu who can deliver our products into the marketplace,' said Teresa Lunt, according to InfoWorld."

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  1. Re:Now, at last by erikharrison · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Historically, PARC is much like any other (good) think tank. Neat ideas, poor implementations, left for others to mature.

    The grandparent's claim that PARC will help Fujitsu produce stable products is amusing because of this. The people who made the mouse, GUI, WYSIWYG, and ethernet make money are Apple, Apple, Apple, and 3COM, respectively, not PARC

  2. Re:Before you ask by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

  3. Re:Now, at last by euxneks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I am now typing on a Fujitsu keyboard. It's very nice.. Clicky clicky. =) It's big, and heavy, but I can probably type faster with this keyboard than any other keyboard I've ever used.

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