Sad: Jef Raskin, the philosophical father of the Macintosh, died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday.
As credit wars spread in the blogosphere over ideas like RSS and podcasting, I’d like to note that both Raskin and Steve Jobs can fairly claim credit for creating the Macintosh without taking away from either’s contribution. Jef had many of the ideas, and Steve drove the refinements and shipped the damn thing. But without either, I’d be writing this on a 30-pound Kaypro rather than my PowerBook, and for that, I thank them.
More: Metafilter, Joy of Tech, TidBITS.