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cpratt

Steve

Oct 05, 2011 22:00

I'm not surprised by Jobs' death, and of course my inner cynic wants to blame homeopathy or whatever the hell it was he was into; an anecdote that has stayed with me revolves around macrobiotic Indian food (or something) he tried to share with Gil Amelio back in the day, but of course I digress (and I don't really trust my own memory at this stage ( Read more... )

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cbertsch October 6 2011, 06:06:44 UTC

That's a great story, Chris. I'd heard bits and pieces over the years, but it's nice to see them all gathered together.

e_ticket October 6 2011, 06:22:09 UTC

I love that story.

jpinsd October 6 2011, 06:53:43 UTC

Agreed; that is a great story, Chris.

I didn't realize you worked at Claris so long. I thought you were there only a couple years.

Question: at the end of paragraph 13, you say
By the end of 2007, it was clear that things were going to be OK

did you mean "at the end of 1997"? I didn't think you were still working for Apple in 2007, since you were living in San Diego.

cpratt October 6 2011, 14:14:10 UTC

Typo fixed, thanks.

estudioso October 6 2011, 12:39:06 UTC

Bravo, Chris. Bravo.

inbhirnis October 6 2011, 14:11:15 UTC

Did you save the one-word email? :-)

cpratt October 6 2011, 14:13:07 UTC

I don't have copies of my email from back then, alas (it was all in QuickMail format, I think)... and I can't remember if he replied to me directly, or just forwarded my email with comments to the Apple engineer.

I think I have a printout of the whole "no more hamburgers, say hello to the soba bar" email somewhere, though...