On the uncanny similarities between Xerox's failure to commercialize PC GUI and Google's Waymo, as new self-driving startups with minimum viable products emerge (Timothy B. Lee/Ars Technica)

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
On the uncanny similarities between Xerox's failure to commercialize PC GUI and Google's Waymo, as new self-driving startups with minimum viable products emerge  —  Larry Page drew the wrong lesson from Xerox bungling the PC revolution.  —  Everyone in Silicon Valley knows the story …

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