[OSX-Users] Re: Time wasting

[Chris Andrews]

Oh, Avie Tevanian!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avie_Tevanian

On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 at 22:32 m.c. schraefel <mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> ON the bonus round -  it’s a name like Avi… or maybe i have it entirely
> wrong but not anglo for sure.
> came over from next os with Jobs to lead the unix transition.
>
> On 26 Oct 2015, at 18:08, Chris Andrews <w at lfie.org> wrote:
>
> For the bonus round, would that be Bertrand Serlet?
>
> I got 35/36 because once you've got some basic idea what it is the
> alternative answer is so out there that it's easy to get. The one I fell
> down on was distinguishing between a PowerBook 100 and a PowerBook 540c -
> working out whether something with a FireWire port was an iPod or a fax
> modem was a little easier...
>
> Oh, and I got the Apple III because they missed a badge. Guess there
> should have been another Jobs! (Or Woz...)
>
> Chris
>
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 at 21:55 m.c. schraefel <mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> well that was shockingly easy - esp. with the labels.
>> thanks Les
>> another way to cut this set:
>> -which (hideous) designs came from the period of John Scully/GillAmelio?
>> - what year did jobs come back to apple as iCEO
>> - what product line did he cut - almost as soon as he got back in the
>> door (only one example of that line shows up in these designs)
>> — oh bonus round: who did Jobs bring over from next to do the OSX unix
>> kernel work for OSX? ( i ask because i’ve actually forgotten his name, and
>> in looking at queries like “who lead the dev team for rhapsody at apple -
>> nothing)
>>
>> but heh surprising to recall: i was at the WWDC when all this transition
>> happened - when gil amelio introduced Steve Jobs was coming back to Apple
>> as “an advisor” with the purchase of next and the rhapsody thing.
>> and then Jobs was introduced end of the week to “chat” about OpenStep and
>> the blue and yellow box - and a vision for computing more generally.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnO7D5UaDig
>>
>> so wow, as i consider it about time, and how we never get moments back so
>> spend the now wisely
>>  i have seen steve jobs in the real, talked with guy kawasaki about being
>> an evangelist and what that means for something you believe it, and first
>> encountered whiteboard walls in Building 5 of Apple Campus as a grad
>> student where engineers and marketing actually shared lab space
>> - and at the end of the day, that means…well i’m not sure what that
>> means, really.
>> The use of space is the biggest take away from the time physically at
>> apple; seeing jobs talk about why unix for Mac - awesome clarity, passion
>> and a strong path - and that day a seeming humility within the certainty  -
>> and talking cloud computing about 15 years ahead of it becoming the norm
>> (if we’re there now).) kinda amazing in retrospect; it was pretty stunning
>> at the time, too.
>>
>> we can be heroes
>>
>> mc
>> @MIT - where at kendal square just down from the big weird and wonderful
>> CSAIL building by Frank Gehry , they have a stone in the pavement for steve
>> jobs - among other tech icons including edison - and on the anniversary of
>> his death folks really do leave lit candles and flowers on it. how bout
>> that eh?
>>
>>
>> > On 26 Oct 2015, at 16:40, Leslie Carr <lac at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> > Can you identify these pieces of retro Apple tech? I'm an Apple Nerd
>> extraordinaire - 32/36
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.alphr.com/apple/1001832/can-you-name-these-35-pieces-of-retro-apple-tech
>> >
>> > Go on - how much apple tech do you recognise?
>> >
>> > Prof Leslie Carr
>> > Web Science institute
>> > #⃣ webscience #⃣ openaccess
>> >
>>
>>
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