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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 · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Must watch recollection of the history of Mach and NeXT and Apple by Avie Tevanian.”

    Long but great recollection of Mach, NeXT and Apple history.

    mehrdada, 2017-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Apple and NeXT announce merger (1996)”

  2. “The Computer History Museum has an interesting long form interview with Avie”

    Long form interview with Mach lead Avie Tevanian.

    GeekyBear, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “Fuchsia is not Linux”

  3. “you will probably enjoy Avie's oral history”

    Oral histories from Avie Tevanian and other NeXT engineers.

    lukeh, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “The Best of NeXT Collection”

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Topics: avie tevanian, mach, nextstep, steve jobs, computer history

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