Man Behind OS X Leaves Apple Computer

Paul Thurrott

March 28, 2006

1 Min Read
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Maybe he's just tired of the Apple iPod getting all the press. Or maybe it's that his beloved Mac OS X has never really met with mainstream success. Whatever the reason, Apple CTO Avie Tevanian, widely heralded for his creation of the Mach microkernel that sits at the heart of OS X (and NeXTStep before that), has decided to leave the company to pursue other interests. Tevanian will leave Apple on March 31, leaving behind him a company that seems a lot more interested in digital music than computer OSs

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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