"Worming Into Apple" (Wired)

[jsw]

I just read an interesting story on Wired.com about how the Graphing Calculator made it into the Mac OS (still in Classic).

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Avitzur sneaked into Apple's California HQ for six months to write a software program that, through luck and hard work, is still included on every Mac sold today.

Unemployed and living on savings, Avitzur worked 12-hour days, seven days a week, to create Graphing Calculator in the unlikely hope that Apple would bundle it with new computers.
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The software author's version (referenced in the article) is here.

 

[munkle]

Saw the same story a couple of days ago too and beat you to the punch I'm afraid!

 

[Thomas Veil]

That's a pretty funny story, nevertheless.

 

[IDANNY]

What a crazy story. wow.

 

[Macmaniac]

Thats a pretty cool story, graphing calculator was a good program on my Performa 6300.

 

[Sweetfeld28]

i just read this article a couple of nights ago. i was shocked that these guys were able to get passed, or fool, Apple security so many times.

Congrats to them, though, for a job well done.