On Thursday, pioneering computer engineer and Apple veteran William Bill Atkinson died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Portola Valley, California, surrounded by family. He was 74. We regret to write that our beloved husband, father, and stepfather Bill Atkinson passed away, his family wrote on Facebook . He was a remarkable person, and the world will be forever different because he lived in it. As Apple employee number 51, Atkinson transformed abstract computer science into intuitive visual...
