Submitted by fchung t3_zpvlf4 in technology
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No, fuck no. That's nonsense. Jobs and Gates and NEC as well as other Japanese interests rushed in to grab a piece of the action when the courts forced it open. It was only because of the Xerox consent decree that any of this stuff ever made it to the public.
The fact you don't know about this is interesting in itself. It used to be widely known but it's interesting how people's opinions have been shaped over time to create this ridiculous narrative. It's actually hard to even find the original documentation anymore because so much effort has gone into hiding it.
But you can still find good info on it but unfortunately much of it is paywalled which is how the ignorance is manufactured:
[The 1975 Xerox Consent Decree: Ancient Artifacts and Current Tensions] (https://www.jstor.org/stable/40843504)
If you search around you can find a copy which goes into what really happened.
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