Re: Errors in a Microsoft Propaganda Book

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Charlie Springer wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:33:57 -0700, Michael J. Mahon wrote
> (in article <79WdnVmFKddHSbbbnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@comcast.com>):
>
>
> > > I don't know where to get a copy.  They may have it in his archive at 
> > > Stanford.
> >
> > I'll give that some thought...
>
>
> I was looking through Andy Hertzfeld's recollections. I know someone who 
> talks to Bill Atkinson fairly regularly. I'm curious about the Quckdraw 
> origin and if he ever saw the thesis that Jef always referred to. Since 
> Atkinson's drawing routines were ported from Lisa, where they were called 
> LisaGraph or something like that.

I loved this one, too:

http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=I_Invented_Burrell.txt

Which may explain some of the other claims...  ;-)

-michael

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