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Um sorry, not Bill Gates his close mate Max Palevsky *Intel* Founder Dies.
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2010/05/max_palevsky_in.php
Max Palevsky Intel Founder Dies
By Tom Foremski - May 6, 2010
TechEye reports that Max Palevsky died aged 85. He was one of the first investors in Intel.
He made more than a $1 billion in the sale of Scientific Data Systems to Xerox in 1969.
Although he was a computer pioneer, in his later life he lost his love for computer technology.
In the 1970s he turned his back on corporate America and produced movies,
saved Rolling Stone and delved into Democratic politics.
In later years, Palevsky gave up on politics and concentrated more of his attention on art.
He built important collections of arts and crafts movement furniture and Japanese woodblock prints.
....In the last 15 years of his life he became a bit of a self confessed Luddite and refused to touch
a computer, watch TV or use a credit card.
________________________________________
Scott Smith:
Luddite for shunning the beast that made him his fortunes? Not so fast.
Despite earned riches from technology, for those truly in touch with things beyond their ego,
technology is a life-sucking force. To shun these electronic toys is a sign of enlightenment.
Without enlightenment, enslavement consumes you.
Posted: May 7, 2010 2:48 AM
________________________________________
Tom Foremski :
Scott: Yes, you are right. Or as Tim Ferriss says, technology makes a great servant but a terrible master.
Posted: May 7, 2010 10:17 AM
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2010/05/max_palevsky_in.php
Max Palevsky Intel Founder Dies
By Tom Foremski - May 6, 2010
TechEye reports that Max Palevsky died aged 85. He was one of the first investors in Intel.
He made more than a $1 billion in the sale of Scientific Data Systems to Xerox in 1969.
Although he was a computer pioneer, in his later life he lost his love for computer technology.
In the 1970s he turned his back on corporate America and produced movies,
saved Rolling Stone and delved into Democratic politics.
In later years, Palevsky gave up on politics and concentrated more of his attention on art.
He built important collections of arts and crafts movement furniture and Japanese woodblock prints.
....In the last 15 years of his life he became a bit of a self confessed Luddite and refused to touch
a computer, watch TV or use a credit card.
________________________________________
Scott Smith:
Luddite for shunning the beast that made him his fortunes? Not so fast.
Despite earned riches from technology, for those truly in touch with things beyond their ego,
technology is a life-sucking force. To shun these electronic toys is a sign of enlightenment.
Without enlightenment, enslavement consumes you.
Posted: May 7, 2010 2:48 AM
________________________________________
Tom Foremski :
Scott: Yes, you are right. Or as Tim Ferriss says, technology makes a great servant but a terrible master.
Posted: May 7, 2010 10:17 AM
