Re: Newton would be proud

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From: Al Wesolowsky
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1990 15:49

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In article <1990Nov25.004643.29029@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> max@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Max Southall) writes:
+In <9011240110.AA10330@teacake.Eng.Sun.COM> tiemann@Eng.Sun.COM (Michael Tiemann) writes:
+>The irony is complete: the initial logo for Apple was inspried by the
+>story of Newton's apple.  
+
+I dunno about that; I thought it was a gloss on the erroneous idea about
+the apple being the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden
[interesting symbology deleted]

Hmmmm...sorta getting away from the group's point here, but the
original logo for Apple was a detailed rendering of Newton recumbent
beneath the aforesaid tree. I think it is reproduced in Sculley's book,
as well as in one of the Time-Life computer books.

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From: abw@bucrsb.bu.edu (Al Wesolowsky)
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Subject: Re: Newton would be proud
Summary: Apple logo and Newton
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