info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (05/02/84)
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 84 10:13 PST
From: John Palevich <uw-beaver!palevich%atari.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa>
To: info-atari@su-score.arpa
Cc: info-mac@sumex-aim.arpa
Subject: Alan Kay
(the Management page of the business section of the Saturday, April 28, 1984
San Jose Mercury News included the following item, reprinted in its entirety.)
@b{Management changes}
Alan Kay, who recently resigned as a "fellow" at Atari Inc., will join Apple
Computer Inc. next week with the same title, his office said Friday.
Kay reportedly was recruited heavily by Apple chairman Steve Jobs but
apparently convinced Jobs to let him do most of his work out of his home in
Los Angeles.
An Apple spokesman refused to comment Thursday.
When Kay left Atari earlier this month, he said he wanted to "persue some
very basic work in artificial intelligence." Kay is best known for
conceptualizing the "Dynabook," a small computer that would seem as much a
part of a person as his arm or leg.