Gemini Proxy
The Father Of The Macintosh
* Author: Andy Hertzfeld
* Story Date: undated
* Topics: Credit, Personality
* Characters: Bud Tribble, Steve Jobs, Joanna Hoffman, Jef Raskin, Rod Holt, Burrell Smith, Brian Howard, Steve Wozniak, Jerry Manock, Bill Atkinson, Mike Markkula
* Summary: Who is the father of the Macintosh?
In the early days of the personal
computer industry, breakthrough
By the 1980s, things had gotten more complicated. The Macintosh was more of a team effort, with at least a half dozen people making significant, invaluable contributions. For the launch publicity, Steve Jobs anointed seven of us (not counting himself) as the official "design team", but it could just as easily have been five or fifteen. Some people felt bad that they weren't included, and it was obvious that there was no good way to draw the line.
But if you look up the phrase
"Father of the Macintosh" on
In early 1979, after successfully
building an outstanding pubs
There's no doubt that Jef was the
creator of the Macintosh project at
Jef did not want to incorporate
what became the two most definitive
So, if not Jef, does anyone else
qualify as a parent of the
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