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Aucbvax.2259 fa.works utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!works Mon Jul 13 04:01:22 1981 Redefining the art >From LLOYD@MIT-AI Mon Jul 13 03:54:14 1981 Yes, there are significant marketing reasons for not changing the state-of-the-art too rapidly. Fortunately we do not need to concern ourselves with what the customer expects. Look at Xerox-PARC and the Alto system: I don't think that they concerned themselves with market acceptance when they first designed the Alto. Their experiences have brought them to the forefront of the personal workstation and office automation marketplaces. Ok, I accept "Star" as the current SOTA. I now want to know what lies beyond. On a day-to-day basis I have to stifle my creative urges in order to satisfy the needs of a marketing organization. In this forum I want to discuss future concepts.

Brian

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