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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. Now, at last by RealProgrammer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fujitsu will make something that works.

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    1. Re:Now, at last by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Ummm.... what does Fujitsu make that is broken?

      (I've worked with their SPARC and Dual XEON servers. They seem to be doing better than Extreme's network equipment...)

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    2. 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

    3. Re:Now, at last by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Uh, you know those original IBM keyboards that everyone raves about? They're made by Fujitsu. I had one that was Fujitsu-labelled back in 1991, and it was only a couple of years ago, when I moved house and had to let go of some unused hardware, that it left my possession in full working order.

      On a secondary note, notice how Fujitsu is a Japanese company? If keeping the high-tech industry and high-tech jobs in America is such a big deal then why is it that there wasn't a single US company prepared to fight for a partnership with PARC? Granted, IBM is exiting the PC arena but PARC is about more than just developing for the desktop, and I would have thought that the PR benefits of dealing with the home of the GUI would be to die for for Apple, HP or someone similar.

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    4. Re:Now, at last by iocat · · Score: 4, Informative

      Despite PARCs perceived failures (like not capitalizing commercially on the GUI), its creation of the laser printer more than made the entire endeavor profitable for Xerox. I suggest reading Dealers of Lightning for a great history of Xerox PARC.

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  2. And this time... by Nonillion · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't let Steve Jobs and Bill Gates rip off your hard work.....

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  3. RC, ARC, PARC, SPARC by morcheeba · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok, I should have seen this coming. Fujitsu sells RC extraction tools, has licensed an ARC core and they make SPARC processors. Obviously PARC was the missing link!

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  4. Who needs others... by Infonaut · · Score: 4, Insightful
    to stereotype geeks, when we do it so nicely to ourselves.

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  5. Buy! by mrshoe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Quick, buy some Fujitsu stock... they're bound to steal some revolutionary ideas the guys at PARC have been sitting on unknowingly.

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