Larry Tesler, a pioneer in computer engineering, recently died at the age of 74. He was the founder of the cutting, copying and pasting operations, and worked for Apple for 17 years, between 1980 and 1997.
He was vice president Apple Net and Apple Advanced Technology Group. And during the years when he worked for the bite-sized apple company he played a pivotal role in the development of more versatile products such as Lisa or Newton MessagePad.
But that's just a sample of how Larry Tesler has contributed to the world of computing …
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The figure of Larry Tesler in the computer world
Larry was the most important character in the history of computer science. It helped in large part to create Apple as a company. Born in New York in 1945, he studied computer engineering at Stanford University.
Later, he worked on Artificial Intelligence Laborator from Stanford. A little later, in the '60s, Larry Tesler participated in anti-family demonstrations and taught at the University of San Francisco. Interestingly, one of its classes was entitled "How to Get Rid of IBM."
In 1970, Larry Tesler helped found a hippie contract in Oregon, before getting a job at the Xerox PARC. The person you hired, Alan Kay, also works for Apple.
But, without a doubt, one of the things we will always remember is Larry Tesler because we have invented one of the most used functions of desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones: the work of copy, cut and paste.
Larry Tesler and Steve Jobs
Larry Tesler was one of the few Xerox PARC employees who had the opportunity to meet Steve Jobs while moving from Apple to institutions by the end of 1979. That visit introduced Steve Jobs to the world of graphical user interface. The slowest thing in Apple products, starting with Lisa and Macintosh.
Here's how Larry Tesler talked about Steve Jobs:
“See how quickly the ideas flow in Steve's mind. I can communicate at a very high speed. ”
Larry Tesler was very impressed with Steve Jobs. He was very impressed with his performance in almost every aspect of the computer industry.
“We were technologically sound experts. But Steve also knew about advertising, distribution and finance. Any aspect of the business you can think of. ”
After the Apple conference at Xerox, Larry Tesler stopped working there and decided to join Apple, even though it was just a new start.
“It's interesting because Apple is a giant who made me want to leave Xerox, but I never seriously considered what I would do. Although I have been very impressed with the PARC paper people, I still see them as a computer company as a hobby. ”
Larry Tesler said it wasn't because he was opposed to working for Apple at the time, but that he didn't leave the conference thinking "I should work for Apple."
He started working for Apple on July 15, 1980. At the time, Apple was a company that only existed in a few buildings. Her first project was Lisa's computer.
After working on the project Lisa, Larry Tesler is involved in various Apple projects. Probably the most important of them Newton MessagePad. As with Lisa, this product was a surprise failure.
Larry left Apple in 1997. For a time he worked at Amazon as vice president of Shopping Shoppingence. After that, he joined Yahoo! serving as vice president of User Experience with the Design team. Finally, for the past ten years he has served as a technical advisor to tourism.
Larry Tesler passed away on February 17. He was an avid professional and, as his relatives say, he was a wonderful man. In honor of the man who created the cutting, imitation, and transmission functions: rest in peace, rest in peace, rest in peace.
