“Why did I wait in line in Palo Alto and not the more sexy San Francisco? Easy, I knew there’d be more geeks in line here. And the line did not disappoint,” Robert Scoble blogs for Scobleizer.
“First of all, Bill Atkinson is in line here. He was Apple’s first software developer. He wrote Mac Paint. Hypercard. Did the windowing system. And much more. Most historians believe he’s one of the top software developers Silicon Valley has ever seen. And that’s no hype,” Scoble reports.
“Also in line? The Quicken Mac Team. Zooomr. Smug Mug. TechMeme. Quite a few others,” Scoble reports.
Full article, with link to photos, here.
Go Bill!
Dude’s a legend!
What about Microsoft’s Alchin, is he in line?
They are interviewing Bill on CNBC now…. He spent the night..
he wrote the windowing system…. thats awsome, hes buying an iPhone!! haha windows down in redmond must be getting ready to hang themselves lmao yoo bad =(
“What about Microsoft’s Alchin, is he in line?”
I’ll keep my eyes peeled for him.
Wow, Bill, if you’re reading this, your photos are gorgeous.
Bill is a frickin genius!
Bill is one hyper card! (rock on, man)
Bill’s the real reason the Mac happened. Responsible for so much of the early software, including the Finder. I remember reading a story about how he almost got killed when his RX-7 slid under a tractor trailer.
One of the characters in some font (Cairo I think) had an image of Bill.