Metaphor Computer Systems (1982-1994) was a Xerox PARC spin-off that created an advanced workstation, database gateway, a unique graphical office interface, and software applications that communicateTemplate:How. The Metaphor machine was one of the first commercial workstations to offer a complete hardware/software package and a GUI. Although the company achieved some commercial success, it never achieved the fame of either the Apple Macintosh or...
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Metaphor Computer Systems (1982-1994) was a Xerox PARC spin-off that created an advanced workstation, database gateway, a unique graphical office interface, and software applications that communicateTemplate:How. The Metaphor machine was one of the first commercial workstations to offer a complete hardware/software package and a GUI. Although the company achieved some commercial success, it never achieved the fame of either the Apple Macintosh or Microsoft Windows.
David Liddle and Don Massaro founded. The head of engineering was Charles Irby.
In 1992, IBM, one of its primary customers, acquired the company outright.
A Metaphor workstation was lightweight and efficient. It had a wireless keyboard, a wireless mouse, a wireless numeric pad, and a wireless 5 function keypad. All these input devices docked and were recharged automatically in the desktop workstation. Objects on the desktop and open applications had a uniform command set that could be controlled by the keypad which had Copy...
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