[zeestephen]

Almost 40 years ago, Xerox gave Steve Jobs an unrestricted tour of their computer research facility in Palo Alto.

No one has ever figured out why they did that.

Xerox had solved every piece of the personal computer puzzle by that time.

Jobs saw everything, but the only thing he remembered was being completely mesmerized by the Xerox computer mouse.

In any event, a couple years later Jobs brought out the first Apple computer and Xerox disappeared as a competitor.

[Elsie]

Jobs saw everything, but the only thing he remembered was being completely mesmerized by the Xerox computer mouse.

A movable trackball?

http://computermouse.umwblogs.org/invention/