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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (8450)	2/12/1998 3:42:00 PM
From: earlyj	Respond to of 213177

more history of the Microcomputer revolution... "Raw Bytes Computer News" Frank Delaney physplt.wsu.edu enjoy.....earlyj

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (8450)	2/12/1998 3:56:00 PM
From: Scott Crumley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

Bill, Are you thinking about the Xerox Star? It succeeded the Alto in the Xerox PC line. And regarding your comment of Dave Every's article: "Some of his comments are a bit revisionist, as they differ from my memory, He is right about Jobs(told you so)." It seems we finally agree on something. The following is a direct quote from Dave Every's article: "Founders personalities effect corporations. It happened with IBM and Apple and MS. Apples biggest problems started because they lost Steve Jobs and sort of lost their guidance. But Steve Jobs was an egomaniacal charismatic young kid who was not making the best business decisions at the time of his leaving ('86). He needed to mature and grow - which he has done a lot. Having him back at Apple gives apple back a piece of their soul - and may give them a visionary which they need. Jobs has more money than he wants or needs - and his motivation does not appear to be wealth or power - he wants to dent the universe, to make a difference to make products that are insanely great - and his company picks up that spirit and tries to do the same. Sometimes they succeed, and sometimes they fail - but they try." Scott