The City of Mountain View is located about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the Cupertino headquarters of Apple Inc. in California. Mountain View is home to many technology companies, including Google, and is the location where Adobe Systems was originally founded.
Statistics[]
With an estimated population of 82,376 as of 2021, Mountain View is the 105th most populous city in the state of California.[1]
History[]
The first Apple I computers were personally delivered by Steve Jobs to Paul Terrell and sold at the Byte Shop in Mountain View in 1976.[2] Adobe Systems, an early partner of Apple Computer, was founded in Mountain View on December 19, 1982 and had its headquarters located on Charleston Road. However, Adobe co-founder Charles Geschke was kidnapped from the company parking lot on May 26, 1992 and held for ransom for 4 days before being freed by the FBI.[3] In a separate incident on September 5, 1992, Adobe engineer Laurie Houts was found murdered less than 2 miles from the company's offices. Adobe has since relocated to San Jose and the surrounding area in Mountain View is now home to the campus headquarters of Google.[4][5]
References[]
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Mountain View city, California. Retrieved on February 27, 2021.
- ↑ "The Apple Story / Part 1: Early History", BYTE, December 1984, pp. A67. Retrieved on October 23, 2013.
- ↑ "FBI rescues a kidnapped businessman". The New York Times. p. B7. Accessed December 31, 2010.
- ↑ Victim's family reacts to arrest in Mountain View cold-case murder by Malea Martin, Mountain View Voice. 2022-07-11.
- ↑ Tech CEO arrested again on suspicion of murdering Bay Area woman in 1992 by Katie Dowd, San Francisco Chronicle. 2022-07-12.
See also[]
External links[]
- City of Mountain View official website
- Mountain View at the Adobe Wiki
- Mountain View, California at Wikipedia
