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John Couch book "My Life at Apple And the Steve I Knew"

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DAVID CRAIG:
Hi all,

I too received my copy of Couch's book from Amazon recently (it was back ordered for a long time). Interesting reading so far.

Ray's review comments relating to the Lisa computer and POSD division are very good, thanks for your effort here.

I too noticed several Couch technical recollections with the Lisa's software development effort and key project personnel names. I will provide my own technical review clarifications when I finish the book (hopefully in a week or two). I used the Lisa Workshop for both Lisa and Macintosh development from 1984-1986 (I used the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop [MPW] when it became available on the Macintosh Plus). Given Couch's POSD position (General Manager), his recollections of Lisa technical minutiae are very good, but his lack of access to technical Lisa materials today is understandable since he had a lot on his Lisa plate during his 1978-1983 Apple tenure to remember and the source materials are rather rare today.

Overall, I think Couch provided an excellent overview of his time at Apple and admirably described the key Apple projects that he was involved with and how these projects helped Apple become a serious technical company. I wish he had mentioned more about his HP days which involved several very innovative systems including the 3000 and ALPHA systems which provided several important lessons-learned for HP (mostly in a negative way -- see http://www.3kranger.com/HP3000/hp3000_history.shtm and http://www.3kranger.com/HP3000/History/AE1995-11.pdf).

I also have several interesting letters I received from Couch after his Apple days that I can provide to this group which provide insight into the Lisa's technology and how internal Apple events limited the technology POSD could enhance the Lisa software foundation.

Great comments from this LisaList group for both Couch's book and the other many list topics.

~ David Craig
~ Cochiti Lake, New Mexico, USA
~ dtc.bayern@gmail.com

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