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- Bill Atkinson died on June 5 After the pancreatic glands are struggling with cancer. Was 74 years old. Atkinson was the earliest one Apple Employees who are responsible for the Key Mac program and graphical user interfaces. However, as a result, Apple Co-Fonder has won the respect of the Apple Co-Fonder Steve Jobs, creating a high-level programming language for the Apple II computer.
Bill AtkinsonFrom 1978 to 1990 since 1990 in Apple since 1990, June 5 died after the pancreas cancer, His family wrote on Facebook. Was 74 years old.
Atkinson was the 51st employee of the apple and he was hired personally by Steve Jobs. Because of Walter Isaacson’s work biographyAt the moment, the doctoral student in neuroscope, Atkinson, first rejected Apple to arrive in the company. However, Steve Jobs sent Atkinson an indefinite plane ticket, and then why gave him a three-hour pitch to the company.
“Think about surfing the front edge of a wave,” Atkinson told Atkinson at this meeting. “Really excited. Now think about the dog paddling on the tail end of this wave. It would not be anywhere in the fun. It can’t go down and bend in the universe.”
Atkinson accepted the offer of work, and as a result, he did not finish the basis of the candidate.
Atkinson, the old Apple computers allow you to draw pictures and windows on the screen and the HyperCard, an easy-to-use software development kit, creators will continue to develop a speed program, including a speed program that can build their application. It also developed a precursor user interface of a number of a number of Macintosh-a, Macintosh-A and then Macintosh-A and later Macintosh user interface. But his first job was to prepare a program that could follow the stock portfolio. The program will automatically collect the Dow Jones service to get the price and then hang out.
His second project in Apple, as a result, how did Atkinson won ‘respect.
Apple II, Apple II, Apple II, Apple IIE, Apple IIE, including Apple II, Apple II, Apple II has resisted a new programming language, basic thinking, original apples i, simple programming language, all Apple II’s progress he said he needed. ATKINSON, pressed the work buried to build something better.
“Since it is very passionate about it, I will give you six days to prove me wrong.”
Sure, only six days, Atkinson, especially has created a special program of a high-level programming language designed for Apple II. According to Isaacson, “The work respected him later.”
Atkinson would then leave Apple in 1990 Common magicPrevurts made from USB and small touch screen. In 2007, he was an external development for a small start CountIt says we know about the human neurosecigi to develop AI. But Atkinson also spent most of his years as a Nature photographerUsing the digital print process, users helped create a mobile app that allows you to create postcards postcards from digital images to send via email or email.
He succeeded with Atkinson, his wife, two daughters, stepmiths, stepmiths, two brothers, four sisters and dogs, poppies Facebook message of the family.
This story was first displayed Fortune.com
