4757 A generation ago, Mac pioneer developer, the late Jef Raskin, acclaimed by Apple cognozenti as the "true father of the Mac," suggested naming the platform's development project after his favorite variety of Apple - the McIntosh (note the spelling difference), which the Standard-Freeholder's Greg Peerenboom notes is about to celebrate its 200th birthday and will be the subject of an Ontario Visual Heritage Project documentary focusing on the Morrisburg region of that Canadian province and the discovery of the apple variant that bears the name of its founder, John McIntosh, of Dundela, who still has descendants living the area.

The article notes that the McIntosh was once the number one apple variety in the world and is still in the top five.

In addition the film, there will be other commemorations of the McIntosh apple's bicentennial, including permanent web pages on the Ontario Visual website:
http://www.visualheritage.ca

Peerenboom reports that the McIntosh documentary will have a contemporary spin, touching on how the name became associated with Apple Inc.'s marquee computer product - the MacIntosh or simply 'Mac,' and the producers affirm they will certainly be talking to Apple.

For the full report visit here:
http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2483984

Charles W. Moore

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