- Taschenbuch: 276 Seiten
- Verlag: iUniverse (1. Juni 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1583482660
- ISBN-13: 978-1583482667
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23 x 15,3 x 1,9 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.7 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 364.485 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Ask consumers and users what names they associate with the multibillion dollar personal computer market, and they will answer IBM, Apple, Tandy, or Lotus. The more knowledgable of them will add the likes of Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Compaq, and Borland. But no one will say Xerox. Fifteen years after it invented personal computing, Xerox still means "copy." Fumbling the Future tells how one of America's leading corporations invented the technology for one of the fastest-growing products of recent times, then miscalculated and mishandled the opportunity to fully exploit it. It is a classic story of how innovation can fare within large corporate structures, the real-life odyssey of what can happen to an idea as it travels from inspiration to implementation. More than anything, Fumbling the Future is a tale of human beings whose talents, hopes, fears, habits, and prejudices determine the fate of our largest organizations and of our best ideas. In an era in which technological creativity and economic change are so critical to the competitiveness of the American economy, Fumbling the Future is a parable for our times.
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toExcel, the publisher of Fumbling the Future, recently conducted an interview of Doug Smith and Bob Alexander, the authors of Fumbling the Future, about PARC and the differences between their book and Michael Hiltzik's (of the LA Times) new book called Dealers of Lightning. Hiltzik responded, upon request, to the interview. Both the interview and Hiltzik's reponse are posted on this publisher's (i'm not supposed to write urls) website. The site is location at the publisher name, toexcel.
toExcel, the publisher of Fumbling the Future, recently conducted an interview of Doug Smith and Bob Alexander, the authors of Fumbling the Future, about PARC and the differences between their book and Michael Hiltzik's (of the LA Times) new book called Dealers of Lightning. Hiltzik responded, upon request, to the interview. Both the interview and Hiltzik's reponse are posted on this publisher's (i'm not supposed to write urls) website. The site is location at the publisher name, toexcel.
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If innovation is in any way your concern read this. It memorializes fluently almost all the things a management can do to kill creativity.
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I have been a fan of the story of Xerox PARC ever since reading "Fumbling the Future" several years ago. In fact the lessons I learned contributed to my leaving engineering to get a business degree. Recently I read "Dealers of lightning" by Michael Hiltzik and was surprised to read through it and come across the Epilogue. In fact, I was actually disturbed by how easily the author relieved Xerox of its opportunity (and obligation from a shareholders perspective) to capitalize on the creativity and ingenuity of Xerox PARC. Those of us within the high-tech community certainly appreciate the open ended research that Xerox PARC conducted which has lined the pockets of so many that were never in any way associated with Xerox. However, if I was a shareholder of Xerox or any other company, I would be horrified by any management rationale that 'you are not obligated to exploit the technologies created within your labs'. Granted you may not be able to exploit all, but how about most? Xerox is not the government and is not using tax dollars for a collective good. I found the logic flawed and violates the basic motivations for establishing a commercial entity. I would recommend that for a business minded individual that you go read "Fumbling the Future" - which I have since reread. Reading "Dealers of lightning" was like watching a lawyer weave a case for premeditated murder against an accused and then claim temporary insanity as the final defense.
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Dated, biased account of what happened at PARC and at Xerox headquarters. Very out of date, especially given PARC's foresight in terms of distributed, connected computers. It seems like the authors decided to bash Xerox even before they began their research. Save your money on this one. A better bet is "Dealers of Lightning" by Michael Hiltzik. That one points out what Xerox did wrong, and, oh, by the way, what they did right. (For example, make a couple of billion dollars out of the Laser Print industry.) The authors of this one just seemed to have it "in" for Xerox. I wonder if they used a windows based PC or Mac to type the original manuscript? Not without PARC, they wouldn't have.
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