** Xerox PARC** - Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center - 1970s think tank for technology ideas and innovation **References:** Xerox PARC Photos of famous geeks 1970s http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/input-output/14/348 Adele Goldberg at Xerox PARC http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/input-output/14/348/1863 Initially, Goldberg refused to give Steve Jobs and his engineers a Smalltalk demonstration, suspecting that Apple would appropriate the technology. Xerox management overruled her. **Geek History Pages:**