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Book Title
Fumbling the Future
Publication Name
Fumbling the Future
Title
Fumbling the Future
Subtitle
How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer
Author
David Robinson, Douglas K. Smith, Robert C. Alexander
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
1583482660
EAN
9781583482667
ISBN
9781583482667
Publisher
iUniverse, Incorporated
Genre
Computers, Business & Economics
Topic
Industries / Computers & Information Technology, General
Release Date
01/05/1999
Release Year
1999
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.7in
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Features
Reprint
Number of Pages
276 Pages

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Ask consumers and users what names they associate with the multibillion dollar personal computer market, and they will answer IBM, Apple, Tandy, or Lotus. The more knowledgable of them will add the likes of Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Compaq, and Borland. But no one will say Xerox. Fifteen years after it invented personal computing, Xerox still means "copy." Fumbling the Future tells how one of America's leading corporations invented the technology for one of the fastest-growing products of recent times, then miscalculated and mishandled the opportunity to fully exploit it. It is a classic story of how innovation can fare within large corporate structures, the real-life odyssey of what can happen to an idea as it travels from inspiration to implementation. More than anything, Fumbling the Future is a tale of human beings whose talents, hopes, fears, habits, and prejudices determine the fate of our largest organizations and of our best ideas. In an era in which technological creativity and economic change are so critical to the competitiveness of the American economy, Fumbling the Future is a parable for our times.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
iUniverse, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1583482660
ISBN-13
9781583482667
eBay Product ID (ePID)
923734

Product Key Features

Author
David Robinson, Douglas K. Smith, Robert C. Alexander
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Industries / Computers & Information Technology, General
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Genre
Computers, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
276 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Edition Description
Reprint
Publication Name
Fumbling the Future : How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
99-061657
Dewey Decimal
338.76213916
Dewey Edition
22

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