PDF Emerges From PostScript
Warnock and his boss, Chuck Geschke, immediately saw the value of a digital page description language. They lobbied the Xerox brass for two years, trying to get Xerox to license or market Interpress. Finally, out of frustration, they both left PARC to start their own company.
As an aside, the Xerox PARC lab is as famous for its creations as it is for lost opportunities. Other innovations PARC did not capitalize on:
- Companies:
- Adobe Systems
- Quark Inc.
- Xerox Corp.
- People:
- Chuck Geschke
- John Warnock
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