Tag: Mike Markkula
How Jef Raskin started the Macintosh project
It All Began with "Annie" – The Vision of a Computer for the Masses (Updated: January 2012) It had been a long way until the day of the official introduction of the Macintosh on January 24th, 1984. Five years earlier, in spring 1979, Apple chairman Mike Markkula wondered whether his company should bring a 500 [...]
“I am but 30 and want still to contribute and achieve.” – Steve Jobs’s Resignation Letter (1985)
This is the text of chairman Jobs’ resignation letter sent to company vice chairman A.C. “Mike” Markkula: September 17, 1985 Dear Mike: l This morning’ s papers carried suggestions that Apple is considering removing me as Chairman. I don’t know the source of these reports but they are both misleading to the public and unfair [...]
It All Began with "Annie" – The Vision of a Computer for the Masses
It had been a long way until the day of the official introduction of the Macintosh on January 24th, 1984. Five years earlier, in spring 1979, Apple chairman Mike Markkula wondered whether his company should bring a 500 dollar computer to market. Markkula then charged Jef Raskin with the secret “Annie” project. Raskin had been [...]
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