From: secondangel (ghostland2000_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jun 03 2005 - 09:12:26 PDT
Thanks for sharing, it was a good read.
--- Steve Weyer <saweyer_at_comcast.net> wrote:
> recent Slashdot posting, with link to mirror of OS Opinion article
>
> "We've all heard of Apple's Newton, the portable handheld device under
> John Sculley's rule at Apple that debuted to big media attention and
> much fanfare but never managed to take a strong footing in the
> marketplace. The same handhel that went on to be 'Steve'd' when Mr. RDF
> killed the project after taking control of Apple. That's the extent of
> knowledge most of us have with regard to Apple's first handheld device.
> OS Opinion sheds light on the early days of the pocket Apple." From the
> article: "Apple in the late eighties had become stagnant. The Macintosh
> had become Apple's cash cow like the Apple II that had preceded it. To
> protect the Mac, Apple was hesitant to start or pursue any project that
> might compromise the company's revenues. Several people in the
> corporation were weary of this approach, and began to look at the
> future of computing. One of those people was Steve Sakoman."
>
> http://www.mirrordot.net/stories/6fc51ef4eec51589fa52cf2335e530e9/
> index.html
>
> Steve
>
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