Xerox's research lab that invented the graphical interface, mouse and Ethernet.
Acquired · Apr 21It invented the desktop, the mouse, Ethernet, laser printing and object-oriented programming, but the Alto was a minicomputer-priced science project. Charles Simonyi brought its ideas to Microsoft in 1980 to lead Word and Multiplan.
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