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<i>Fumbling the Future</i>

Linda chats with Robert C. Alexander, co-author of Fumbling the Future : How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer, about how the Xerox Corporation squandered an opportunity when the company was the first to build a personal computer which used a mouse and a graphical user interface. (5:00) Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer, by Robert C. Alexander and Douglas K. Smith is available through e-publisher IUniverse.com. See http://iuniverse.com.

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