Word: siliconized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brash, brilliant and sometimes bumptious brat of Silicon Valley, a symbol of its high-tech genius and fabulous sudden wealth. Alternately infuriating and inspiring, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computer in a California garage nine years ago and helped build it into a billion-dollar business that gave rise to the personal-computer industry. Along the way, Jobs was widely hailed as the prototype of a new American hero--the irreverent and charismatic young entrepreneur...
...quarter, the first red ink in the company's history. The firm is still recovering from a sweeping corporate housecleaning this summer in which 1,200 of Apple's 5,850 employees were let go. The company's woes, moreover, have occurred against a backdrop of sluggish sales throughout Silicon Valley and the entire computer industry. The beleaguered firm thus cannot take lightly even the symbolic threat posed by Jobs' new company, which will produce computers for the education market, long an Apple specialty...
...Silicon Valley remains rife with speculation about how well Apple will function without Jobs. Sculley is confident: "Steve's great contribution was recognizing that computers were tools for individuals and not large blue boxes for institutions. That doesn't change, whether Steve is here or not." Some observers, noting that Apple stock jumped $1 a share after Jobs' resignation became known, believe his departure may be a blessing for the company. Says David Gold, a Palo Alto venture capitalist: "It's good news for Apple that | he's out of their hair. The loss of a few employees is probably...
...Lewis, 35, is becoming the Dr. Ruth of Silicon Valley, dispensing insights over the phone to distressed inquirers in 15- and 30-minute doses. But Lewis' clients, mostly computerindustry executives and stockholders, are not seeking advice about their sex lives. For them, increasing compatibility means finding a better-suited computer hookup. Deciding if performance meets expectations is accomplished by analyzing stocks. In July, Lewis, a former employee of InfoCorp, a market-research company, decided that many computer firms needed counseling but could ill afford the big firms' high fees. Working out of her Sunnyvale, Calif., home, she formed a mini...
...Certainly this area is a successful center for industry principally because the schools are here," says Teradyne President Alex d'Arbeloff. D'Arbeloff, who received a small scholarship while attending M.I.T. notes that California's Silicon Valley has its roots in Stanford and Berkeley...