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<DIV><FONT size=2>Wow!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I can't think of any company or group of companies which has
done more to get computing technology into the hands of people than
HP/DEC/Compaq, nor a more appropriate setting for "The Future: Part Two" to
move from ideaspace to reality. If you think the past ten years have been
exciting, hang onto your hats -- the best part of the ride is just
ahead!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Gary</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jumpstart@csi.com href="mailto:jumpstart@csi.com">William Cole</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=m.rueger@acm.org
href="mailto:m.rueger@acm.org">m.rueger@acm.org</A> ; <A
title=andreas.raab@gmx.de
href="mailto:andreas.raab@gmx.de">andreas.raab@gmx.de</A> ; <A
title=squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org
href="mailto:squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org">squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 25, 2002 11:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Alan Kay to Join HP</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>November 26, 2002<BR><BR>A Computing Pioneer of the 1970's
Joins Hewlett-Packard<BR><BR>By STEVE
LOHR<BR><BR> Alan Kay, a personal computing
innovator who was a leader of Xerox's <BR>pioneering Palo Alto Research Center
in the 1970's, has joined<BR> Hewlett-Packard as
a senior researcher.<BR><BR>His arrival at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, which
the company is <BR>announcing today, comes at a time when the company is
hoping that research<BR>can point to new markets in personal computing and
give the company an edge <BR>against Dell Computer - the pacesetter in today's
personal<BR>computer business and a company known more for operational
excellence than <BR>product innovation.<BR><BR>Hiring Dr. Kay is an investment
in Hewlett-Packard's innovation strategy. <BR>Throughout his career, Dr. Kay
has worked on the design concepts and<BR>underlying technology to improve the
interaction between people and <BR>computers. In the late 1960's, when
computing was done on room-size<BR>mainframe computers, Dr. Kay described a
concept computer he called the <BR>Dynabook. It would weigh little more than a
book; rest on the user's<BR>lap; and come with a flat-panel screen, a keyboard
and a stylus, since it <BR>would recognize handwriting. It would communicate
wirelessly.<BR><BR>The computer industry has been pursuing the Dynabook ever
since. The <BR>recently introduced Tablet PC models, made by PC companies
like<BR>Hewlett-Packard and running Microsoft software, is the latest
entry.<BR><BR>At the Xerox research center, better known as PARC, Dr. Kay led
the team <BR>that put a graphics-capable display, overlapping windows, icons
and a<BR>point-and-click user interface into a working computer called the
Alto. <BR>Apple's Macintosh and Microsoft's Windows are descendants of the
Alto.<BR><BR>Dr. Kay and a few PARC colleagues, notably Dan Ingalls and Adele
Goldberg, <BR>also developed Smalltalk, an influential programming language
that<BR>uses blocks of code, known as objects, that are put together, like the
<BR>cells that make up the human body, to build applications.<BR><BR>At
Hewlett-Packard, Dr. Kay, who is 62, intends to continue pursuing his <BR>goal
of improving the experience of computing. "The goal is to show<BR>what the
next big relationship between people and computing is likely to <BR>be," Dr.
Kay said in an interview.<BR><BR>The best way to do that, Dr. Kay explained,
is to build prototypes that <BR>will "show ideas in motion."<BR><BR>"The trick
for a person like me," he added, "is that you get people most <BR>excited by
something that looks like a product. And I'm betting that some of<BR>it will
be interesting to H.P."<BR><BR>With the PC business in the doldrums, many
executives and analysts say they <BR>believe that the industry is entering
maturity. Dr. Kay disagrees.<BR>Personal computing, he insisted, is "ripe for
new markets - I don't think <BR>the real computing revolution has happened
yet."<BR><BR>Dr. Kay declined to discuss his ideas precisely. Starting at
Xerox PARC, he <BR>has focused on trying to make computing an engaging medium
for play<BR>and learning, and he has often worked with children. After PARC,
Dr. Kay <BR>held research positions at Atari, Apple and Disney, where his
five-year<BR>contract ended in September 2001. Since then, he has worked
mainly at a <BR>nonprofit organization he helped found, the Viewpoints
Research<BR>Institute, which seeks to find ways to use computing to improve
education <BR>for children as well as their understanding of complex systems
like<BR>software.<BR><BR>Since he left Disney, Dr. Kay has been approached by
other technology <BR>companies besides Hewlett-Packard. But the person who
recruited him at<BR>Hewlett-Packard, Patrick Scaglia, who heads Internet and
computing <BR>platforms research, had studied under the same professor, Dave
Evans, at<BR>the University of Utah, which was a wellspring of early computer
graphics <BR>research.<BR><BR>"Ultimately, it comes down to the vibes and
trust," Dr. Kay said of his <BR>decision to join
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