Jacob Goldman, the guy who helped found the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) as Xerox’s chief scientist in 1970, has passed on to the great beyond at age 90. PARC holds a different place in gadget lore, because it was answerable for creating Alto, the primary modern computer with a GUI and a mouse, the primary WYSIWYG text editor, and Ethernet, among many other innovations. Earlier than his time at Xerox, Dr. Goldman was the top of R&D at Ford Motor Company, and after retiring, he served at the boards of several companies, including Xerox. The brand new York Times reported that Goldman created PARC to analyze “the architecture of info” — and the fruits of PARC’s labor listed above show that he is made an immeasurable and lasting contribution to the computing world, and consequently, life as we all know it. Godspeed, Dr. Goldman, and thanks for everything.
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