The 7000 was an older model, and Xerox had lots of 7000s sitting around that had just come off lease.

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As these ecosystems expand, the world will move steadily closer to the ubiquitous-computing model envisaged by Xerox PARC's Mark Weiser.

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According to information specialist John Seely Brown, a former chief scientist at XEROX, that is a model the rest of us need to adopt for our world of gargantuan monsters of information.

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In 2009 Xerox acquired Affiliated Computer Services, which tilted the business model away from printing and more toward add-on services.

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Another problem Xerox will face with commercial printers is that its business model uses a "click charge": Customers pay per page printed.

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