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