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To: durasell
Turing also gave us the Apple logo....

Grim, but funny!

16 posted on 12/02/2005 2:20:11 PM PST by TomSmedley (Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
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To: TomSmedley

Actually true. Turing was still a big deal among computer hobbyists in the 60s/70s. Today he's largely forgotten. Early interviews with Jobs and Woz reference the logo to Turing, but then they backed off that story in later years.


17 posted on 12/02/2005 2:22:53 PM PST by durasell
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