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As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984.

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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
Computer Scientist
Jazz Guitarist
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Springfield
Massachusetts
Alan Curtis Kay
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