At Liverpool
My appleII Notes-16
My AppleII Notes-16
01/1/1 UK Apples
At Liverpool
I had a business trip to the UK for about 10 days at the beginning of December. Let me tell you about the three Apple-related moments I had in the UK.
At the bookstore
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Since I was passing by a large bookstore in the center of London, I went in
and straight to the sections on business books and computer books.
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was a large shop with three floors given over to selling books.
I immediately started going through the books near the
computer books section on the second
floor. I discovered
"APPLE"
and "Infinite Loop"
in the business books section and "Hackers"
and "Accidental Empires"
under the computer books category.
Both were published in paperback the
UK. "Infinite Loop" had the same cover as the original, so I passed up the purchase and purchased "APPLE", "Hackers", and "Accidental Empires". "Apple" was revised and had an updated cover, and chapter 17 was added. Chapter 17 was added to the Japanese version too but was not included in the first edition in the United States. Also, "Accidental Empires" was an edition from 1996, so it also included the added chapters 16 and 17, which were added five years after the first edition came out. The first edition in the United States in 1992 did not have these chapters. The covers of both both books had original designs. I admired the fact that such good books were being read for a long period of time all over the world, and clutching my three books, I very reluctantly left the store. |
On a flight in the UK
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As I always read all the in-flight magazines from cover to cover when I am
on an airplane, the reason I did not find “Business Life” on the outward
journey would appear to be due to the fact that magazines are not arranged
particularly tidily in the seat pockets on shuttle flights in the UK. In the magazine, Paul Gains had a 4-page business article that followed Jobs' 25 years at Apple, NeXT, Pixar, and Apple. The article was a special feature called "The man who thought differently". I knew the magazine would make a good souvenir to take back to Japan, so as I was getting off the plane, I looked around and “pinched” one more copy. If you ask at the British Airways Japanese office, you can get the magazine yourself. |
The relationship between Apple Records and Apple Computer
I had a little
spare time between meetings, so I went to Liverpool. The train journey took
about an hour and a half.
The aim was to visit a small museum called The Beatles Story.
It was located
about 1 km away from Liverpool Station in the basement of a building located in
the redeveloped dock area. You can see all of the exhibits in less than an hour
even if you take your time.
EMI After looking
around the museum for a while, which was divided into several small spaces, such
as a one on the club were the Beatles were started out and a reproduction of
EMI’s
Abbey Road Studios, I came across
the apple logo of Apple Records.
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The following stories are behind the origin of the
Apple Computer name: |
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When
establishing the company on April 1, 1976, there seemed to be some concern
that future copyright problems might arise with Apple Records, but it
seems that in the end the name Apple Computer wasn’t chosen for any firm
reason nor was it meant to be fraudulent either.
Then in November 1981, Apple Computer signed a confidential agreement with
Apple Corps, the parent company of Apple Records, and Apple paid a
licensing fee to Apple Corps and restricted the use and registration of
"Apple".
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Reference:Steve Jobs
The Journey is the Reward ( Jeffery S. Young )
Infinite Loop
( Michel S. Malone )
The Mac Bathroom
Reader ( Owen W. Linzmayer )
