Hello,
--- Sonya Hipper <sonyalynn@earthlink.net> wrote:
> We all had to know that there was no way in hell
> that Apple would ever allow a Virtual Newton onto
the >"Jesus Phone" (as the Register UK is so fond of
>calling it).
Somehow, this reminds me of the story of the Newton's
original HWR technology and how it finally came to see
the light of day.
From what I understand, when Stepan Pachikov tried to
generate interest in Calligrapher, no one wanted any
part of it (including The Steve over at NeXT). And
when he went to Apple to perform another Dog and Pony
Show to promote what he had, *nothing* seemed to go
right. He said:
"When we came to Apple; to see Larry Tesler, Steve
Capps, and a few other people, we gave them a demo of
our recognizer, using our digitizing tablet and a PC.
First of all, as I remember, our system recognized
nothing! Everything Larry Tesler tried to write gave
the wrong answer. But they asked us how it works, and
we started to explain it to them. We gave them a demo
of all the key elements, and we explained to Larry
that we try to recognize without context using the
dictionary that we wrote ourselves. And they were
impressed."
IOW: Despite all the obstacles, Stepan Pachikov was
able to get Apple to see that there was *potential* in
what he was attempting to do. And perhaps there's a
way for the Einstein developers to do that, too.
Best,
James Fraser
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