Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The February 22-29 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Happy Birthday Steve, Goodbye Newton & Don Crabb".

February 22-29: Happy Birthday Steve, Goodbye Newton & Don Crabb

Another interesting 1981 tale from the inside at Folklore.org, by Andy Hertzfeld, recalling the first time the Macintosh was demoed to Microsoft. It begins:
"Apple had already learned the value of having a thriving third party software market with the Apple II, whose sales increased more than ten-fold when Visicalc, developed by a tiny company called Software Arts, caught on in the business market. The Macintosh intended to replicate the success of the Apple II as an industry standard platform, so it was very important to bring third party developers into the picture as soon as possible."

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Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The February 15-21 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Flower Power, Dalmations, & The Supreme Court".

February 15-21: Flower Power, Dalmations, & The Supreme Court

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The February 8-14 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Apple's Beginnings, The Newton, & Star Trek".

February 8-14: Apple's Beginnings, The Newton, & Star Trek

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The February 1-7 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "The Woz Leaves, Jobs Buys Pixar, Apple Gets A Grammy".

February 1-7: The Woz Leaves, Jobs Buys Pixar, Apple Gets A Grammy