Re: Xerox PARC is not the most friendly place.
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Well, I work at PARC and can assure you that the people here are some of the nicest uber-geeks you'll ever find to share a workplace...and the most "adult" place I've ever worked, i.e. take care of your stuff, ask for help when needed, give help when asked. But yes, it is a business and some of the work is quite proprietary. You would get the same reaction at just about any other business operation...even more so in the hysteria of post-9/11.
I have never had a problem giving tours to any of my geek friends who wander down to Palo Alto...including lunch at our amazingly good cafe with a hillside view over Silicon Valley. A little advanced contact with a request for a tour would certainly have a better chance of success than just dropping in off the road.
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I have never had a problem giving tours to any of my geek friends who wander down to Palo Alto...including lunch at our amazingly good cafe with a hillside view over Silicon Valley. A little advanced contact with a request for a tour would certainly have a better chance of success than just dropping in off the road.