Firing Frankness

Re:Firing Frankness by wrs on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:35PM (#18709768)

I joined the Newton team in 1988 as an intern (and stayed for 8 years). It's interesting to hear with 30 more years of perspective JLG's story of the Steve Sakoman situation that resulted in that team's existence. At the time I had no inkling of the drama that must have occurred that resulted in the creation of a totally isolated team in that totally isolated building on Bubb Road. I did realize how lucky I was to be working there, though. :)

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Re:Firing Frankness by JohnFen on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @06:37PM (#18711621)

I still miss the Newton to this day. It had warts, to be sure (particularly because it truly was ahead of its time), but it was an absolute joy to develop for.

So, thank you for your work on that project!

I still have a box full of Newtons. Maybe I should pull that out and play around a bit, just for old time's sake.

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Re:Firing Frankness by mpweiher on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:48PM (#18709858)

:-) Does explain that it eventually "failed", considering it didn't really have backing.

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Re:Firing Frankness by wrs on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @04:56PM (#18710953)

Oh, but it did — from John Sculley. Such a saga it was.

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/12/business/marketer-s-dream...

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