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Alex Pang talks to CNN about Apple's 25th anniversary
IFTF Research Director Alex Pang made the front page of CNN this past weekend with comments on the 25th anniversary of Apple in an article titled, "Apple fans mark 25 years of Mac devotion."
Congrats, Alex!
The Macintosh demonstrated that it was possible and profitable to create a machine to be used by millions and millions of people," said Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, research director for the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto, California, think tank, and chief force behind "Making the Macintosh: Technology and Culture in Silicon Valley," an online historical exhibit. "The gold standard now for personal electronics is, 'Is it easy enough for my grandmother to use it?' People on the Macintosh project were the first people to talk about a product in that way."
Pang, 44, remembered being "mesmerized" by the computer when he first saw it up close in his college bookstore. He wasn't alone.
And thanks to David Pescovitz for the screen grab!