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From: kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England))
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Subject: Re: Alan Kay?
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Date: 31 May 88 16:44:17 GMT
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In article <17471@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) writes:
>
>     Alan Kay is at Apple and still pursuing the Dynabook dream.  After
>a disappointing stint at Atari, which for a brief period had an interest
>in serious research, he became an Apple Fellow.  Recently, Apple has
>produced a video which shows what the ultimate expression of the Dynabook
>concept might look like.  I do not know if this video is available for
>distribution outside Apple, but one could ask.
>
>					John Nagle

	It's obvious to me that Kay is still alive and kicking inside
Apple, based on the things John Sculley is promoting under the guise of
super computer salesman (who says selling soda isn't useful?  :-).  It
seems to me Kay is having input to that whole campaign since his ideas
come through intact.

	Apple sent copies of Sculley's presentation to Educom Fall 87
in LA to every attendee.  This video includes the "Knowledge
Navigator" mini-movie at the end.  If you know someone from your
university who went, then you could get a copy.  Also look for the
video wherever Apple is hosting a booth.  They had a monitor at the
recent BCS MacFest at Boston College and I saw Sculley on it and it
looked like the Educom presentation.

	Kent England, Boston University