How the Mac was born... supposedly...

[Jim Battle]

Dan Wright wrote:

> On Wednesday 12 January 2005 9:53 am, John Allain wrote:
> 
>>>perturbed, he wrote an email to steve jobs to inform him
>>
>>Interesting story, but I find it hard to believe that emailing outside
>>of academic and military circles was done much at all back in 1985.
>>Oh yeah, and within a given company too, but seldom outside it.
>>I'd believe this story if it was first set-up with how the two got email
>>in the first place.
> 
> 
> Actually, I think the point was that the friend has been a mac fanatic SINCE 
> 1985, but not that this HAPPENED in 1985.  I know the Mac store in chicago 
> only opened a couple years ago.
> 
> 
>>John A.
> 
> 


Dan, you are spot on.  Sorry, I thought it was clear that my friend was 
a fanatic since 1985, but the story was recent.