Private equity firm Elevation Partners today announced that former Apple executive Avie Tevanian has joined the company as a Managing Director, joining former Apple Chief Financial Officer Fred Anderson on the team behind Palm's attempt at reinventing itself.
Tevanian was a major figure at NeXT Computer, founded by Steve Jobs and later acquired by Apple for its NeXTSTEP operating system that eventually evolved into Mac OS X. He joined Apple as part of the 1996 acquisition of NeXT, and was named Chief Software Technology Officer in 2003. He left the company in 2006. Fred Anderson, Managing Director and co-founder of Elevation said, "Avie and I worked closely together at Apple for many years and I have always admired his engineering talent and leadership, his strategic vision for how software can transform businesses and his ability to execute on that vision. We are proud that he has decided to join Elevation and believe he will be a huge asset as we explore new investment opportunities".
Elevation Partners holds a close relationship with Apple competitor Palm, having purchased a 25% stake in the company in mid-2007 as Palm prepared to refocus on its new webOS operating system that officially kicked off in early 2009 with the introduction of the Palm Pre.
As part of the restructuring of Palm, longtime NeXT and Apple executive Jon Rubinstein joined the company, where he now serves as CEO. Combined with the association with Anderson, who holds a position on Palm's board alongside two other directors of Elevation Partners, and now Tevanian, as well as several other hires from Apple's ranks, Palm has been seen as one the primary challengers to Apple's iPhone.
Actually, I have to take that back. I knew that Graffiti, the other handwriting software on Newtons was written by Jeff Hawkins, who founded Palm, and got timelines confused. Jeff founded Palm and wrote Graffiti before Apple released the Newton. He was never part of Apple/Newton development but wrote a version of his software to run on Newtons. He later sold Palm to U.S. Robotics who then brought the Palm handhelds to market. Jeff also started up HandSpring for making Palm OS devices. I had both a Newton 2000 and a HandSpring Visor back in late 90's and knew there was a connection but memory got things confused.
Or even Vancouver. The US has gotten pretty draconian about getting back in. I know the Mexico border now requires a passport (didn't used to). How about Canadia? Can you still drive across, just telling the guy at the border that you don't have any guns or drugs?
I saw a 4 monitor display (13" CRT'S IN inverted T) set up on a Quadra 700 back in '93; center, right, left and up mapped to Hellcats Over the Pacific flying game (I think that's what it was called). The guy also has joy stick, throttle, and foot pedals set up. I think the bragging rights was that he was able to do this for under $10k.
Currently, I have 4 1920x1200 displays around my desk, with a horizontal span of 7680 pixels. I've set up 16 spaces (OS X desktops) and now have 122,880 pixels wide to play with.
Now, if I could just get a rack to set up four more monitors above this first set and a couple more cards (NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT's are what my Mac came with), I'll be set.
Forget planets. Space based colonization is where it's at. Let's capture a high metal asteroid and park it at L4 or L5 and start building large habitats and solar concentrators.
This could be an interesting part of a remotely powered space craft. If we could park a large solar array out at a Lagrange point, and have a laser that could send out a concentrated beam to one of these micro-hair receivers on a space craft, that could really reduce fuel requirements and allow for some decent speed (continual acceleration).
This isn't my idea; Robert L. Forward came up with it back in the '60's and used it in some of his books.
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Reduced sober up times means sooner to arm chewing off.
Ouch!
Here's a weird bit:
Private equity firm Elevation Partners today announced that former Apple executive Avie Tevanian has joined the company as a Managing Director, joining former Apple Chief Financial Officer Fred Anderson on the team behind Palm's attempt at reinventing itself.
Tevanian was a major figure at NeXT Computer, founded by Steve Jobs and later acquired by Apple for its NeXTSTEP operating system that eventually evolved into Mac OS X. He joined Apple as part of the 1996 acquisition of NeXT, and was named Chief Software Technology Officer in 2003. He left the company in 2006.
Fred Anderson, Managing Director and co-founder of Elevation said, "Avie and I worked closely together at Apple for many years and I have always admired his engineering talent and leadership, his strategic vision for how software can transform businesses and his ability to execute on that vision. We are proud that he has decided to join Elevation and believe he will be a huge asset as we explore new investment opportunities".
Elevation Partners holds a close relationship with Apple competitor Palm, having purchased a 25% stake in the company in mid-2007 as Palm prepared to refocus on its new webOS operating system that officially kicked off in early 2009 with the introduction of the Palm Pre.
As part of the restructuring of Palm, longtime NeXT and Apple executive Jon Rubinstein joined the company, where he now serves as CEO. Combined with the association with Anderson, who holds a position on Palm's board alongside two other directors of Elevation Partners, and now Tevanian, as well as several other hires from Apple's ranks, Palm has been seen as one the primary challengers to Apple's iPhone.
(http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/12/former-apple-executive-avie-tevanian-joins-palm-linked-elevation-partners/)
Actually, I have to take that back. I knew that Graffiti, the other handwriting software on Newtons was written by Jeff Hawkins, who founded Palm, and got timelines confused. Jeff founded Palm and wrote Graffiti before Apple released the Newton. He was never part of Apple/Newton development but wrote a version of his software to run on Newtons. He later sold Palm to U.S. Robotics who then brought the Palm handhelds to market. Jeff also started up HandSpring for making Palm OS devices. I had both a Newton 2000 and a HandSpring Visor back in late 90's and knew there was a connection but memory got things confused.
Palm was founded by some of the Newton guys, after they saw how Apple was handling the PDA thing there.
Beleaguered. Apple has always been beleaguered and is about to go under. Always, and in every way.
Made out of hazelnut cream.
Geocentric models are the ones with nice curves and don't need to eat a sammich?
Everyone can feel how much you suck?
Build a bridge out of 'em!
Try Chinese toy factories.
Or even Vancouver. The US has gotten pretty draconian about getting back in. I know the Mexico border now requires a passport (didn't used to). How about Canadia? Can you still drive across, just telling the guy at the border that you don't have any guns or drugs?
Nixon was one of the better environmentalist presidents, what with the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act he signed. Pretty cool dood.
And here I went and got married before starting my job at a college IT shop. D'oh!
I saw a 4 monitor display (13" CRT'S IN inverted T) set up on a Quadra 700 back in '93; center, right, left and up mapped to Hellcats Over the Pacific flying game (I think that's what it was called). The guy also has joy stick, throttle, and foot pedals set up. I think the bragging rights was that he was able to do this for under $10k.
Currently, I have 4 1920x1200 displays around my desk, with a horizontal span of 7680 pixels. I've set up 16 spaces (OS X desktops) and now have 122,880 pixels wide to play with.
Now, if I could just get a rack to set up four more monitors above this first set and a couple more cards (NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT's are what my Mac came with), I'll be set.
If it could stream directly from my iTunes library instead of only playing sync'd files, then yeah, it would be a perfect home media player.
This is slashdot. Roll your own video.
Forget planets. Space based colonization is where it's at. Let's capture a high metal asteroid and park it at L4 or L5 and start building large habitats and solar concentrators.
Will .xxx finally be allowed?
Hook up a few Spin Dizzies and send China on up to space?
Set up the crosses!
Would that mean no more Linux pub crawls through Belfast or Prague?
It's the man you don't see that's gonna get you.
This could be an interesting part of a remotely powered space craft. If we could park a large solar array out at a Lagrange point, and have a laser that could send out a concentrated beam to one of these micro-hair receivers on a space craft, that could really reduce fuel requirements and allow for some decent speed (continual acceleration).
This isn't my idea; Robert L. Forward came up with it back in the '60's and used it in some of his books.
Heh. There was a Jag shop I knew called JTR (Jags That Run) that would install Chevy small or big block engines and trannies into them.
What if Apple wants Adobe to DIAF?