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: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Thursday February 01 2018, @09:55AM
Mmm... Not quite that clear a cut.
Look inside today's devices and tell me if you physically could hit those component terminals with an oscilloscope probe.
Or... even if the schematics of a modern CPU would be available, I really doubt any human alone or in a small team could get to understand how it works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford