Mon 28 Feb. 2005

In Memoriam: Jef Raskin (1943 - 2005)

KESQ NewsChannel 3 reports:

Jef Raskin joined Apple in 1978. The next year a small team under his command launched a project that eventually became the Macintosh. Raskin named the computer after his favorite apple.

Raskin led the project until 1981. That’s when he had a falling out with Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs and left the company the following year.

The Mac was unveiled in 1984.

Raskin later founded the computer company Information Appliance

He also conducted the San Francisco Chamber Opera Society and played three instruments. His artwork has been displayed at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

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Thank you, Jef. Long live the Macintosh!

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