The once mighty Xerox corporation, inventor of the photocopier, the graphical user interface, ethernet and the workstation is no more. Today it has been announced that Xerox is to be acquired by Fujifilm, with whom it had the joint venture FujiXerox, for $6.1 bilion.
In recent years, much of Xerox's previous, and quite recent, acquisitions have been sold off including Tektronix in Willsonville, Oregon (acquired for its solid ink technology) and Affiliated Computer Services.
Back in 2011, Xerox entered into a partnership with Indian outsourcing firm HCL, transferring thousands of engineering staff, including most in the UK and mainland Europe.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @03:57PM (1 child)
As of today, PARC is still going -- https://www.parc.com/ [parc.com]
In terms of fundamental innovation, they may be a shadow of their early days, but someone must still see value in long term research
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company) [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @02:10AM
I'm quite certain that that accolade goes to Doug Engelbart and his Augmentation Research Center. [wikipedia.org]
Now, Xerox did hone that to a nice edge at PARC. [wikipedia.org]
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