Paul Mercer (born 1967) is a former employee of Apple Computer that founded Pixo, the developer behind the Pixo operating system that was used in early iPods.[1][2]
Early life and education[]
Mercer grew up in upstate New York and studied computer science at Syracuse University, where his programming attracted the attention of Apple Computer.[2]
Career[]
Apple Computer[]
Mercer joined Apple in 1987. His projects included updating the Finder for System 7 and managing the development of the early PenLite tablet. After the PenLite was shelved in August 1993,[3] Mercer joined the Newton Systems Group and worked on Newton OS. He left Apple in 1994.[2][4]
After Apple[]
Mercer founded Tacit Software in 1994, which became Pixo and grew to over 100 developers and was sold to Sun Microsystems in 2003. In 2000, he also founded Iventor, which was hired by Samsung in 2005. In 2007, Iventor was acquired by Palm, where Mercer served as a "Prima" architect.[2][5]
References[]
- ↑ Little-known startup was behind iPod's easy-to-use interface / Firm's founder now working on the latest handhelds by Matthew Yi, San Francisco Chronicle. 2004-08-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 He Helped Build the iPod; Now He Has Built a Rival by John Markhoff, The New York Times. 2006-02-27.
- ↑ Apple Lore: PenMac by Arno Gourdol. 2019-02-09.
- ↑ Apple Has Been Struggling with the Stylus for 20 Years by Ernie Smith, Vice. 2017-06-30.
- ↑ Pre to postmortem: the inside story of the death of Palm and webOS by Chris Ziegler, The Verge. 2012-06-05.
External links[]
- Paul Mercer at Designing Interactions
- Paul Mercer at Storie di Apple (Italian, 2006-11-06)
Articles[]
- Palm hires ex-Apple engineer by Ryan Blitstein, The Mercury News (2007-03-09)
- Palm hires iPod guru by Andrew Orlowski at The Register (2007-03-09)
- Paul Mercer (Italian) by Nicola D'Agostino at Stórie di Apple (2006-11-06)
