Revolutionized the Industry

 Apple's LaserWriter Revolutionized the Industry

Inspiring eulogies have been published by news organizations all around the world in response to the loss of Dr. John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc. and co-inventor of Interpress, PostScript, and the PDF file format. I'd like to tell the tale of how Dr. Warnock's work influenced the development of the Apple LaserWriter as one of the numerous persons who profited from his efforts.

This narrative was inspired by John Gruber's ode to Dr. Warnock on his technology blog, Daring Fireball:

Warnock and Geschke were aware of what Steve Jobs frequently proclaimed: that technology alone was insufficient. PostScript was — and is — a great piece of technology. But it wasn't a thing. One item was the LaserWriter. You connected it, then selected File > Print in any

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