Dr Foo,MBBS (Malaya)


indeed,Xerox was one of the pioneers (together with IBM) of modern computing.microsoft bought some sort of coprights from them including the kernel source for DOS (if u know),which eventually became MS-DOS and that's where and when Bill Gates started to build his empire.it is true to say that modern computing started in the year we were born,1981,because most of the systems and technologies we are using now are based on the fundamentals of that introductory computer by Xerox.today,xerox is not merely a photocopier champ,there are many solutions and networking stuffs produced by this company.Stuffs may be ranging from operating systems to highly advanced mainframes.I don't think I will get to see also unless I can get into Stanford or other big established players in computing.and do you know that HP is also not producing only hardwares?they do have their own unix-based operating system called HP-UX which runs on servers or other super computers!phew...when u step on the land of Silicon Valley,I bet that u and I will be in absolute awe! :) There are thousands of scientists and geniuses doing,exploring,and experimenting researches and developments there.