[Ti] "end hanging disconnect" (was: disconnecting ... (forever))

[Steve Wozniak]

At 1:54 PM -0400 2004.06.01, John Griffin wrote:

>This one really caught my eye. It would be interesting for a book project to
>chart the course that Apple has taken from the idealistic early 80's to the
>more "bottom line" obsessed company it has become. I remember the early days
>that were characterized by philosophical and deeply thought out statements
>from the pioneers (the likes of Boich, Hertzfield, Burrell Smith, Atkinson,
>Capps and Jobs himself). Then the cracks started appearing (I remember
>reading a book by Lu - once the Mac Evangelist called "The Macintosh Way"
>that revealed the more cut-throat side that had been kept hidden from the
>public. And of course we have followed the erratic changes in direction and
>high level personnel since. So yeah, how close is the Mac hardware and
>System Software to the original goals of the early '80's?
>
>I also remember when Alan Kay was brought aboard it appeared that perhaps
>things could get back on course. He had some very exciting thoughts about
>the role that the Mac could play in education. But that didn't last long,
>did it?

Not to forget Larry Tesler, Jef Raskin, and many of the Lisa designers.

But that humanistic period (enlightenment) largely overlapped John Sculley's period so maybe that's one reason that Apple forgets it.
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Regards,

Steve  (is tv wake zone?)