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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dirtball</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dinosaurs-mating.html" title="dinosaurs mating"/><link rel="next" href="dirty-power.html" title="dirty power"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dirtball</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dinosaurs-mating.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="dirty-power.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dirtball"/><dt xmlns="" id="dirtball"><b>dirtball</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [XEROX PARC] A small, perhaps struggling outsider; not in the major
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or even the minor leagues. For example, “<span class="quote">Xerox is not a dirtball
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company</span>”.</p><p>[Outsiders often observe in the PARC culture an institutional
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arrogance which usage of this term exemplifies. The brilliance and scope
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of PARC's contributions to computer science have been such that this
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superior attitude is not much resented. —ESR]</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dinosaurs-mating.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="dirty-power.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dinosaurs mating<6E></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>dirty power</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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