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Skunkwork at apple - Graphing Calculator

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The Graphing Calculator story

It's midnight. I've been working sixteen hours a day, seven days a week. I'm not being paid. In fact, my project was canceled six months ago, so I'm evading security, sneaking into Apple Computer's main offices in the heart of Silicon Valley, doing clandestine volunteer work for an eight-billion-dollar corporation.
 
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That was a pretty awesome story :)
 
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That is an incredible story! Sometimes I have the same passion that this guy had. I know what it's like to want a project to work so badly that you sacrifice all else to concentrate on just one thing.
 
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Wow. That is an amazing story. Took me a while to read being at the office, you know, that work thing getting in the way. ;)
 
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Outstanding story! A good example of how politics can mess things up but they didn't let it! Bravo to all concerned! :alien:
 

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Very interesting read.
 
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Very Cool Story! BTW, anyone check out the OS X version of this software(It's freeware, I believe, there is a link at the bottom of the story)...It's amazing!
Blows the heck outta any TI-84! LOL
 

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