Bob Belleville Explained

Robert L. Belleville is an American computer engineer who was an early head of engineering at Apple from 1982 until 1985.

Bob Belleville
Birth Name:	Robert L. Belleville
Occupation:	Software Manager at Apple (1982–1985)
Years Active:	1982–present

Belleville worked at Xerox, where he was a primary designer of the hardware for the Xerox Star.^{[1] [2]} Steve Jobs is said to have invited him to join Apple by saying, "Everything you've ever done in your life is shit, ... so why don't you come work for me?"^[3] In May 1982, he became software manager for the Macintosh 128K; in August that year he became engineering manager of the Macintosh division. As Apple Director of Engineering, he played a major role in developing the LaserWriter.^{[1] [4] [5]} He resigned from Apple in summer 1985 after Jobs announced his resignation,^[6] and later worked at Silicon Graphics.^[1]

In Alex Gibney's documentary , Belleville said that the pressure of working at Apple had ended his marriage^{[7] [8]} and that Jobs "[was always apparently] seducing you, vilifying you, or ignoring you",^[9] but he cried when he recalled working for him.^{[7] [10] [11]}

Further reading

• Web site: Unicode 88 . Becker . Joseph D. . Joseph D. Becker . 1998-09-10 . 1988-08-29 . 10th anniversary reprint . unicode.org . . 2016-10-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161125224409/http://unicode.org/history/unicode88.pdf . 2016-11-25 . In 1978, the initial proposal for a set of "Universal Signs" was made by Bob Belleville at Xerox PARC. Many persons contributed ideas to the development of a new encoding design. Beginning in 1980, these efforts evolved into the Xerox Character Code Standard (XCCS) by the present author, a multilingual encoding which has been maintained by Xerox as an internal corporate standard since 1982, through the efforts of Ed Smura, Ron Pellar, and others. .
• Web site: The Final Demonstration of the Xerox 'Star' Computer, 1981 . transcript . . June 17, 1998 . 6–8 . Belleville's account of the development of the Xerox Star. 2 videocassettes .

Notes and References

1. Book: Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made . Sebastopol, California . O'Reilly Media . 2005 . 9780596007195 . Andy . Hertzfeld . Steve . Capps . xxi .
2. News: Michael A. . Hiltzik . Fans Celebrate Fallen Xerox Star . . June 22, 1998 .
3. News: Drake . Baer . This Bill Gates Quote Summarizes What The Tech World Thought Of Steve Jobs . . January 16, 2015 .
4. Canon, Lone Wolf . . October 1, 1994 .
5. Book: Livingston, Jessica . Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days . Charles Geschke, Cofounder, Adobe Systems . Berkeley, California . Apress . 2008 . 9781430210788 . 285 .
6. News: Bro . Uttal . Darienne L. . Dennis . Behind the Fall of Steve Jobs . . August 5, 1985 .
7. Web site: 'Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine' to make TV Debut on CNN/U.S. . CNN Press Room . . December 9, 2015.
8. News: Johnny . Woodard . Movie review: Apple founder's dark side revealed in 'Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine' . . September 7, 2015 . with video of Belleville speaking .
9. News: John . Anderson . Review: Alex Gibney's Documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Pulls Back the Curtain . . August 26, 2015 .
10. News: Jim . Slotek . 'Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine' review: Documentary a brutally honest look at Apple genius . . August 21, 2015 .
11. Web site: Leave Of Absence. Hertzfeld. Andy. March 1984.