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RIP Bill Atkinson | MetaFilter
From John Gruber Bill Atkinson Dies From Cancer at 74. From Wikipedia - Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990. Some of Atkinson's noteworthy...
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https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102658007
MacPaint oral history with Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld - 102658007 - CHM
On June 8, 2004, Grady Booch interviewed Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld, early Apple developers, on videotape for the Computer History Museum’s Oral History...
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https://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/06/bill-atkinson-architect-of-the-macs-graphical-soul-dies-at-74/
Bill Atkinson, architect of the Mac’s graphical soul, dies at 74 - Ars Technica
Jun 9, 2025 - Creator of MacPaint, HyperCard, and pull-down menus shaped modern computing.
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