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Avie Tevanian: CMU math whiz goes from Mach to NeXT to Apple Software Chief | Oral History Part 1

Computer History Museum · 49K views · 2017-06-22 · 2:31:38

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Overview

A Computer History Museum oral history with Avie Tevanian covering his math talent, work on the Mach microkernel at CMU, joining NeXT, leading NEXTSTEP development and the 1996 Apple acquisition.

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Recommended as a long, rich first-hand account of Mach, NeXT and Apple history and of working for Steve Jobs.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2017–2024

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History of computingOperating systems & kernelsTech pioneers & interviews
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mehrdada · 2017-12 · Strong recommendation

Must watch recollection of the history of Mach and NeXT and Apple by Avie Tevanian. Long but great. 1/2] [VIDEO] (early days) 2/2] [LINK] (around Apple acquisition and beyond)

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GeekyBear · 2024-09 · Recommendation

The Computer History Museum's long form interview with Avie Tevanian is a good resource for this era. [VIDEO]

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lukeh · 2020-11 · Recommendation

I haven't watched it in a while, but you will probably enjoy Avie's oral history (along with Blaine Garst and Steve Naroff's). [VIDEO]

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