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[bryant]

"I used to be a contractor for Apple, working on a secret project. Unfortunately, the computer we were building never saw the light of day. The project was so plagued by politics and ego that when the engineers requested technical oversight, our manager hired a psychologist instead. In August 1993, the project was canceled. A year of my work evaporated, my contract ended, and I was unemployed.

"I was frustrated by all the wasted effort, so I decided to uncancel my small part of the project. I had been paid to do a job, and I wanted to finish it. My electronic badge still opened Apple's doors, so I just kept showing up."

Six months later, Graphing Calculator shipped with new Macs. This is how it happened.

Comments

[marphod.livejournal.com]

When I read that the first time, and every time since, I always get the A-Team theme stuck in my head, as if there were a new voice-over.

I'm a little suprised you didn't bring this up in the context of a Mash-Up. A little tweaking, and it has the makings of a ShadowRun or CyberPunk game.

[mcroft.livejournal.com]

Amber, ShadowRun, Traveller, Paranoia, Kobolds Ate My Baby--the possibilities are endless...

This is a great story. And it's a pretty nice graphing calculator, too.

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's hysterical...