Msg: 1506 *Conference*
02-05-92 21:35:07
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : RICK LOPES
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #1499 (F KEYS)
I don't think that Steve Jobs gave a rat's ass about IBM during the development of the Mac. In fact, the Mac was the off-shoot of the Lisa which preseeded the IBM PC by a few years. The concept of F keys (aka: Function Keys, n. Keys found on the keyboard of a computer what perform various pre-programmed tasks.) is actually incorporated into the Mac's operating system via the open and closed Apply symbol modifier keys. Again, I firmly believe that Apple Corp, under the control of Steve Jobs was not competing with IBM in any way. They were [he was] doing his own thing the way he and all the Apple gang "felt" it should be done. It was only after John Scully was hired as CEO that Apple took on the "us against them" theme as a marketing ploy. -Rick-