Quiz: Do you know your Apple celebs?
Allright, TUAWers, it's your time to shine. You fancy yourself a Mac addict, eh? Then take our quiz. Many of the big players in the history of Apple can be recognized by their first names only. Below is a list of first names of people connected with Apple Computer that are quite well known, in order of difficulty (easiest at the top). Think you can recall the surname for each one? Leave your guess in the comments, and we'll post the answer tomorrow. Bonus points: What is each person's contribution/connection? Good luck!
Hint: "Steve" and "Bill" are not "Jobs" and "Gates." That would be too easy.
- Steve
- Guy
- Gil
- Jonathan
- Al
- Ellen
- Jean-Louis
- Bill
- Jef
- Rupert, aka Robert
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Allright, TUAWers, it's your time to shine. You fancy yourself a Mac addict, eh? Then take our quiz. Many of the big players in the history...
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I was surprised and how many folks did not know Rupert Lissner, the originater of 3 easy pieces, now appleworks, that started out as the first and reputedly impossible 8 bit integrated application. other histories seem to omit him as well
sad to see history rewritten at the expense of a gentleman.
The blue meanies - Gary , Ed, Darin, I can still see the other cubes, but the name plates are fuzzy
I think the Al is Al Eisenstadt, former Apple General Counsel
July 01 2006 at 7:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLess famous but possibly more interesting would be the names (first names will do) of the Blue Meenies from the System 7 era.
June 28 2006 at 1:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySteve Capps - Newton + Macintosh related
Guy Kawasaki - Marketing Mac in 1984
Gil Amelio - CEO 1994 - 1997
Jonathan Ive - Senior Vice President of Industrial Design
Al Gore - On the Board of Directors since 2003
Ellen Hancock - Chief Technology Officer of Copland
Jean-Louis Gassee - Was passed over by Gil for Jobs at NeXt
Bill Atkinson - Part of the original Mac team
Jef Raskin - Mac's Father
Rupert (aka Robert) Lissner - Wrote ClarisWorks
1. Steve Capps
2. Guy Kewney (http://www.tuaw.com/2006/05/15/everyone-has-an-opinion-about-apple-v-apple/)
3. Gil Amelio (That's the only Gil I can remember)
4. Jonathan Ive (Only Jonathan I can think of)
5. Al Gore
6. Ellen Feiss/Hancock
7. Jean-Louis Whatever-His-Last-Name-Was (The guy who helped do the iChat demo in WWDC2003)
8. Bill Clinton (He used a Mac, didn't he?)
9. Jef Raskin
10. Rupert, aka Robert Murdoch
I would answer everything as the second commentary âfrom Paul Menziesâ did, except for the last 2 names: Robert I didn't know and I would go for Bill Atckinson. I think I know a bit about my favorite computer company. :)
From those names, I've talked to Woz and Raskin.
1 Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple.
2 Guy Kawasaki, Mac evangelist.
3 Gil Amelio, former Apple CEO. Preceded Jobs.
4 Jonathan Ive, Appleâs industrial designer.
5 Al Gore, member of Appleâs board of directors.
6 Ellen Fiess or Ellen Hancock, Fiess was the much lampooned âswitcher;â Hancock was hired by Amelio, she is credited with killing Copland and helping to buy NeXT, which brought Jobs back to Apple.
7 Jean-Louis Gassèe, CEO of Be. Apple considered a switch to BeOS after Copland. They later picked NeXTStep/MacOS X.
8 Bill Atkinson, software developer. Created MacPaint, arguably Appleâs first important piece of software.
9 Jef Raskin, the aptly named âFather of the Mac.â Jef created the Mac as his pet project before Jobs took it over. Designed the Mac UI, and had originally wrote manuals for Apple. Developed the ideas for how computers would interact with people.
10 Rupert Lissner, aka Robert, created AppleWorks in 1984 for the Apple II. AppleWorks is one of the best selling programs ever made.
I'm just glad nobody answered Balmer for #1. :)
June 27 2006 at 9:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAll from my head:
Steve Capps - interface design, later went on to form Magic Hat
Guy Kawasaki - original Macintosh evangelist
Gil Amelio - CEO brought in from US Semiconductor ?
Jonathan Ive - Industrial designer responsible for Apple's current signature hardware appearance
Al ??? No idea
Ellen ??? executive under Amelio? I want to say headed up Copeland. Vaguely rings a bell. Unless you mean the girl from the switch ads: that's Fleiss.
Jean-Louis Gassée - President, Apple France
Bill Atkinson - Hypercard developer, clip art designer
Jef Raskin - worked on original Macintosh team
Rupert, aka Robert ??? No idea
Steve Capps! I love it!!! You know he's no longer at Microsoft right?
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