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Wasn't the whole icon-driven GUI a Xerox PARC thing?
Um, yes, 30 years ago, and really more regarding the original Apple / Mac OS, and through that MS Windows.
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Wasn't the whole icon-driven GUI a Xerox PARC thing?
So both research and manufacturing are outsourced. This is in contrast to many Asian mfgs. who vertically integrated research, design and manufacturing. Just how long do you think Apple can keep this up? How is IBM doing these days?
If you really want to talk about "domestic innovation" then you should move to Mountain View or Sunnyvale and live there for a while too. Your domestic innovators are mostly foreign born, many of Asian extraction. So both research and manufacturing are outsourced. This is in contrast to many Asian mfgs. who vertically integrated research, design and manufacturing. Just how long do you think Apple can keep this up? How is IBM doing these days?