The Computers Nobody Wanted: My Years at Xerox

About this book

The Computers Nobody Wanted is a history of an ill-conceived acquisition, in 1969, of Xerox's entry into the computer business to its abandonment in 1974. The book also traces ambitious investments in a computer workstation - the STAR computer - from conception in 1973 to its dissolution in 1984. The narrative describes the pioneering research at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) and how an inspired group produced superb innovations that were of no commercial value to Xerox.