But matters of chronology and prior influence are only themost obvious flaws in the Promethean myth. There are two subtlerissues. First, it assumes that Xerox PARC's ideas weren't well-knownbefore Apple engineers saw them, or had even been actively kepthidden from public view. A review of PARC's history will helpmake sense of that assumption. Second, it places commercializationon a lower plane than invention. Whatever differences there werebetween the Alto and Macintosh are relatively unimportant, becausedevelopment is less significant than research.
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The code is being released as part of the Computer History Museum's ongoing "Art of Code" series, which explores historical code releases that power significant developments in computing. There will be a hybrid in-person/online event on January 31 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time that will commemorate Apple's PC journey and highlight what made the Lisa the company's "most important flop." 2ff7e9595c
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