How the Mac was born... supposedly...

From: Jim Battle <frustum_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Wed Jan 12 11:18:14 2005

John Allain wrote:
>>perturbed, he wrote an email to steve jobs to inform him
>
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> Interesting story, but I find it hard to believe that emailing outside
> of academic and military circles was done much at all back in 1985.
> Oh yeah, and within a given company too, but seldom outside it.
> I'd believe this story if it was first set-up with how the two got email
> in the first place.
>
> John A.
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>
>

The apple store opened in chicago two years ago or so, not 1985.

I used email at a silicon valley company in 1986 to communicate with
outside parties. It wasn't particularly academic, nor military.
Received on Wed Jan 12 2005 - 11:18:14 GMT