Bill Atkinson
@billatkinson
American computer engineer, programmer, and photographer (1951–2025)
Building General Magic as Founder · United States
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1951–2025
- Educated at
- University of California, San Diego
About
Bill Atkinson (1951–2025) was a programmer and photographer. They were born in Los Gatos. They studied at University of California, San Diego.
In context
General Magic was founded in 1990 and closed in 2002, after 12 years. Among the 575 other business companies founded in the 1990s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 12 years, the same as this one.
Named alongside
- Andy HertzfeldFounder
- Marc PoratFounder
Contribution
Bill's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.