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To: jlallen who wrote (63100)11/15/1999 1:59:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Here was the original statement:
Lester Thurow was commenting about venture capital in the US, how it works, and as a side point he closed with something like "capital flowed into Apple computer where Apple was able to exploit ideas pioneered by Xerox".

Kemp then followed and immediately said "anybody that thinks Apple computer came from Xerox is crazy".
http://www2.techstocks.com/stocktalk/readmsg.aspx?msgid=11875037&s=thurow+subject6944

Maybe Kemp doesn't understand the nuances of the phrase "exploit ideas pioneered by Xerox". What it means is that Apple marketed a product where all the research was done at Xerox. You appear to be arguing the same point, that Apple made money off of something Xerox could not... you in effect are agreeing with Thurow I would say.

None of this was really key to my original point.. I was saying that a derogatory sound-byte quip directed at someone who is an expert is really bad PR... and when you're so wrong its really, really bad PR. Just loks like Kemp is a bit of a know-it-all... scary...
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