"In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just because I had the power to do so, which I'd never had on a computer before."

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"In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just because I had the power to do so, which I'd never had on a computer before."

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"I developed some unique software to public it on the web that I call the Folklore Project."

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"I got bitten by the free software bug in February of 1998 around the time of the Mozilla announcement."

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"I left General Magic in 1996 to become an Internet hobbyist - got a T-1 line to my house. At one point I had all four food banks of the Bay Area hosted from this house here."

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"Working long hours being single helps because your time is yours. Once you have a family your time isn't all yours anymore. Most of the Mac team, we were in our mid-20's, most of us were single, and we were able to essentially devote our lives to it."

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"I did some products for the Apple II, most notably the first small low cost thermal printer, the Silent Type."

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