Bill Atkinson dies; he helped Steve Jobs create Lisa; read CEO Tim Cook’s post

Bill Atkinson, the Apple designer behind the Lisa and Macintosh graphical user interfaces, has passed away at 74 due to pancreatic cancer. Instrumental in creating user-friendly interfaces, Atkinson developed QuickDraw and conceived HyperCard, influencing the World Wide Web. Tim Cook mourns the loss of a visionary whose work will forever inspire.

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