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Saturday, December 20, 2003

Former Apple Scientist: Apple experienced renaissance when Jobs left in 1985

Responding to a Wired article about Apple Computer ("Why Is Apple So Tempting?", Wired 11-09-2003), Steve Perlman, the former principle scientist of the company, and the current CEO of Rearden Studios, had this to say.

"Although Josh McHugh [the author of the original Apple article] brought up some good points, his comment that innovation ceased at Apple when Steve Jobs departed in 1985 is not accurate. Jobs' departure actually triggered an incredible renaissance at Apple. We developed HyperCard, the color Mac, 32-bit QuickDraw, QuickTime, slot architecture, studio-quality sound, FireWire, video I/O, PowerPC, balloon help, and dozens of other innovations. It is true that Apple went into decline from about 1990 onward, and there is no question that Jobs' return brought innovation back to the company. But the media-rich Mac (with Windows following in its footsteps) was developed while he was away."

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