Marc Porat

Artifacts

9 artifacts in the collection

Apple Computer, Inc. 1994

Apple eWorld (Stickers)

Apple Computer, Inc. 1997

Apple Newton Connection Utilities User’s Manual (for the Macintosh Operating System)

Apple Computer, Inc. 1994

Apple Newton MessagePad 120 Package

Apple Computer, Inc. 1994

Apple Newton MessagePad Getting Through the Day … (Brochure)

Apple Computer, Inc. 1994

Apple Newton MessagePad Handbook

General Magic, Inc. 1996

General Magic Visitor’s Badge (John Jerney, 10/25/1996)

Apple 2026

Newton Solutions Guide

Eidetic, Inc. 1994

Notion: The Newton List Manager User Manual

General Magic, Inc. 1994

Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 Personal Intelligent Communicator

Organizations

Organization 1976–2025

Apple Computer, Inc.

Cupertino, California

Organization

GM

General Magic, Inc.

Sunnyvale, California

1990-

Oral History

Connections

Mentions

Where Marc Porat is named across the museum — in timeline entries, journal articles, and the narratives of related artifacts, organizations, and people.

Timeline

• America Online Expands Offering for Palmtops; Partners with General Magic to Provide Customized Online Service Timeline entry … will provide a fully-integrated personalized communications vehicle for customers," said Marc Porat, chairman, General Magic. "We're excited to be teaming with America Online's entrepreneur …
• Apple Announces Support for General Magic Technologies Timeline entry … of the original Macintosh development team. Third co-founder and General Magic president, Marc Porat, came from Apple's Advanced Technology Group. NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh …
• Apple Creates New Spinout Company Timeline entry … nout company, General Magic Inc. Former Apple employees Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld and Marc Porat founded the new company and will serve as General Magic's executive team. Apple will beco …
• EO Inc. Announces Agreement for Telescript Timeline entry … active participant in resolving interplatform content issues related to Telescript,” said Marc Porat, co-founder and chief executive officer of General Magic. “Our working relationship with …
• First Two-Way Wireless Messaging Application for Magic Cap Developed by RadioMail Timeline entry … ce is on. Likewise, the user can respond immediately -- there's no need to find a phone." Marc Porat, General Magic chairman and CEO, said, "RadioMail is just the sort of application that Ma …
• France Telecom Licenses General Magic's Telescript Technology Timeline entry … lity to bring interactive information and services into the lives of millions of people." Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of General Magic, explained that "France Telecom's …
• Fujitsu Launches on-Line Marketing Service Using General Magic's Agent Technology; Provides Targeted Advertising to More Than a Million Customers Timeline entry … hat Fujitsu and Do House are using Telescript technology in the iMi online service," said Marc Porat, General Magic's Chief Executive Officer. "The iMi service demonstrates a compelling, pra …
• General Magic and AT&T: Providing the Foundation for the Electronic Marketplace Timeline entry … ents a significant down payment on the establishment of the Electronic Marketplace," said Marc Porat, General Magic's cofounder, chairman and chief executive officer. "AT&T's use of Telescri …
• General Magic and Oracle Show Magic Cap-Interoffice Connectivity; Allows Mobile Access to the Enterprise Timeline entry … ding them from the complexity of back-end systems, and InterOffice meets that need," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive of General Magic. "Together, communicators, the Magic Cap p …
• General Magic and Verity to Join Agent Technologies; Verity's Topic Search Engine to be Integrated with Telescript Technology Timeline entry … growing sea of content. Few of us have the time or expertise to contend with this," said Marc Porat, Chairman and CEO of General Magic. "We look forward to the integration of Topic technolo …
• General Magic Announces Additions to Board of Directors Oracle's Jerry Baker and Tandem's Roel Pieper Become Newest Members Of Board Timeline entry ×2 … ave joined its Board of Directors. They join Greg Gallo, Andy Hertzfeld, Carl Pascarella, Marc Porat and John Young as members of General Magic's Board. Jerry Baker, 45, is senior vice presi …
• General Magic Announces Magic Cap for Windows; Offers Free Pre-Release Version on the Internet Timeline entry … ions center that includes email, faxing, and personal information management tools," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of General Magic. "By providing this pre-release ve …
• General Magic Announces New Company Executives Enhancing Internet Industry Management Timeline entry ×2 … Magic's overall product strategy and managing day-to-day business operations, reports to Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer. Coleman is responsible for the company's overall m …
• General Magic Announces Newly Formed Magic Cap and Telescript Divisions Timeline entry ×3 … -Williams will report to the senior vice president, and in the interim report directly to Marc Porat, the company's chairman and chief executive officer. "In the last five years, General Mag …
• General Magic Appoints New Chief Financial Officer Timeline entry … and Technology. "We are very excited to have Dennis Raney join our executive team," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of the company. "Dennis brings a wealth of experien …
• General Magic Demonstrates Active Web Tools; Offers Free Pre-Release Version Timeline entry … information, but the burden is on users to 'surf' to find what they're looking for," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of General Magic. "The Telescript Active Web Tools …
• General Magic Launches Open Telescript Initiative; Documentation and Tools for Software Development Freely Available Timeline entry … tablish Telescript as a leading technology for enabling the electronic marketplace," said Marc Porat, Chairman and CEO of General Magic. "We invite developers to begin to use Telescript tech …
• General Magic Names New Chief Financial Officer; Zimmerman Brings More Than 25 Years Of Corporate Experience Timeline entry … nt appointments such as John's help add the necessary expertise to reach that goal," said Marc Porat, Chairman and CEO of General Magic. "John brings extensive experience and skills to aid t …
• General Magic Names Steve Markman CEO Executive Transitions to Drive Company Success in the Internet Timeline entry ×3 … eneral Magic's growth, aimed toward delivering new products for the Internet marketplace. Marc Porat will step down as CEO and will assume a role of advisor to the company and will continue …
• General Magic Recruits New Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President Timeline entry … nce to manage our evolution from an R&D company to a world-class operating company," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of General Magic. "Bob has strong leadership skills …
• General Magic Ships New Release of Magic Cap Software Timeline entry … Magic's commitment to respond to market and customer feedback on an on-going basis," said Marc Porat, Chairman and CEO of General Magic. "We look forward to the availability of our partners' …
• General Magic Technologies Basis for Test Communication Service in Japan NTT Fan Paseo Service to use Telescript and Magic Cap Technologies Timeline entry … n propagating products and services based on General Magic's technologies in Japan," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive of General Magic. "We took forward to the results of the co …
• General Magic to Host First Developers Conference; Reiterates its Commitment to Open Development Platform Timeline entry ×2 … . "We invested heavily in making Magic Cap and Telescript into developer platforms," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of General Magic. "This conference is another stage …
• General Magic to Showcase Mobile Solutions for Magic Cap Communicators; Applications for Web Browsing, Corporate Lan Access, and Vertical Markets Timeline entry … "These applications illustrate the Magic Cap platform's solutions for key markets," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive of General Magic. "Magic Cap communicators and these applic …
• General Magic Unveils Internet-Focused Strategy Plans and Products for Internet, Intranets, and World Wide Web Timeline entry … y and product plans to embrace the Internet and the standards on which it is based," said Marc Porat, chairman and CEO of General Magic. "The plans and products announced today put General M …
• General Magic, Inc. Reports 1995 First Quarter Results Timeline entry … erating objectives and expect to continue to deliver on our key product milestones," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of General Magic. "We are particularly pleased that …
• Lachman Technology to Port General Magic's Telescript Engine Timeline entry … ipt depends in large part on there being implementations on many different systems," said Marc Porat, chairman and CEO of General Magic. "Lachman's extensive experience at moving open techno …
• Magic Cap-based Communicator Available Timeline entry … e General Magic Alliance to provide a new world of devices, networks, and services," said Marc Porat, General Magic's chairman and chief executive officer. "Today's announcements represent t …
• Metrowerks and General Magic Reach Agreement to Provide CodeWarrior as Development System for Magic Cap Applications Development Timeline entry … oing this in partnership with Metrowerks, the leading tools provider for Macintosh," said Marc Porat, chairman and CEO of General Magic. "This represents an important step in our continuing …
• Metrowerks Introduces CodeWarrior 6 at Apple Computer's Worldwide Developers Conference -- Support for Win32, Magic Cap and OpenDoc Development Introduced Timeline entry … ing efforts to establish Magic Cap as a world standard for communicating platforms," said Marc Porat, Chairman and CEO of General Magic. "We look forward to developers worldwide applying the …
• Metrowerks Ships CodeWarrior Magic/MPW, First Publicly Available Development System for Magic Cap Applications Development Timeline entry … ing efforts to establish Magic Cap as a world standard for communicating platforms," said Marc Porat, Chairman and CEO of General Magic. "We look forward to developers worldwide applying the …
• Mobile Computing Insights Announces Mobility Award Nominees Timeline entry … rtable Software Quickpense Other: -- Personal Achievement. Bill Fallon, AT&T PersonaLink; Marc Porat, General Magic; Joe Formichelli, IBM; and Michael Winkler, Toshiba -- Technology Innovati …
• Mobile MLS Application Available on Magic Cap Platform; New Solution for Realtors Puts Property Listings at their Fingertips Timeline entry … he sort of communicating application for which the Magic Cap platform was designed," said Marc Porat, chairman and CEO of General Magic. "With the availability last month of Metrowerk's Code …
• Mobility Awards Winners Announced Timeline entry … pplications - Lotus Organizer Systems - Palm Graffiti Other: ----- Personal Achievement - Marc Porat, General Magic Technology Innovation - Synaptics TouchPad Service of the Year - AT&T Pers …
• Motorola Teams with General Magic, Industry Leaders to Create Personal Communication Devices, Services Timeline entry ×2 … ebruary of 1991, Motorola chief executive officer George Fisher met with John Sculley and Marc Porat to discuss the idea of personal communications; they invited Motorola to become part of t …
• Newly Founded NTT, AT&T and Sony Joint Venture to use General Magic Technology Timeline entry … by this additional commitment to General Magic's technology by NTT, AT&T, and Sony," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of General Magic. "It represents yet another exampl …
• Oracle and General Magic Team to Deliver Intuitive Data Access; Joint Development Allows Users of Magic Cap to Access Oracle Media Server Timeline entry … l the Oracle Media Server is one of the key links in enabling the Information Age,'' said Marc Porat, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, General Magic. ''The combination of M …
• Personal Intelligent Communication Products & Services from Apple, AT&T, Matsushita, Motorola, Philips & Sony to use General Magic Technologies Timeline entry … uity in General Magic and is represented on its board of directors by a senior executive. Marc Porat, General Magic's co-founder and CEO, said: "Our alliance members will create products and …
• PTT Telecom BV Licenses General Magic's Telescript; Second European Operator To License Telescript Technology Timeline entry … nt to bring interactive information and services into the lives of their customers," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of General Magic. "We are pleased PTT Telecom has c …
• Visa Interactive, Sony and General Magic Unveil Hand-Held Solution for Remote Banking Timeline entry … stitutions and their customers truly useful services in the electronic marketplace," said Marc Porat, chairman and chief executive officer of General Magic. "We believe this easy-to-use appr …

Journal

• A Conversation with Dataquest's Gerry Purdy Journal article … at three general classes of applications will appear. Purdy admits to being influenced by Marc Porat's "whole-person paradigm" which forms the core of General Magic's design philosophy. In t …
• A Conversation with General Magic's Andy Hertzfeld Journal article ×4 … let's not change it... we're nowhere close to making it good enough for everyone." Enter Marc Porat Though Hertzfeld completed much of the technical work to launch Frox, the management of t …
• A Peek at General Magic's Public Offering Journal article … or achieve profitability for at least several years." Of course, this is the message that Marc Porat, president and CEO of General Magic, has been presenting all along, eloquently encompasse …
• Can Apple Move into Consumer Electronics? Journal article … any, and was reportedly the reason for his founding General Magic with Andy Hertzfeld and Marc Porat, where they have been pursuing the approach they think ought to be taken to handheld comp …
• First Looks: A Review of "Defying Gravity: The Making of Newton" Journal article … computing figures, including Jean-Louis Gassee, Steve Sakoman, Steve Capps, Larry Tesler, Marc Porat, and others. We also get insight into the several midstream course changes to which the d …
• General Magic Has New Tricks Up its Sleeve Journal article … planning before taking this new position. Both new VP's will initially report directly to Marc Porat, chairman and CEO, until General Magic is actively recruiting for a senior vice president …
• General Magic Shows its Bag of Tricks Journal article ×4 … siders. This was all the more frustrating because of the reputation of the founding team, Marc Porat, Bill Atkinson, and Andy Hertzfeld — particularly Atkinson and Hertzfeld, who were instru …
• General Magic Ventures into the Public Journal article … lopers to bring Magic-based products to market. The Big Winners As detailed in the filing Marc Porat, General Magic CEO and co-founder, will retain a 9.6% stake in the company with 2,154,350 …

Artifacts

• General Magic Visitor's Badge (John Jerney, 10/25/1996) History … inted president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the Board of Directors; founder Marc Porat stepped down as CEO to assume an advisor role while remaining on the Board, and president …
• Mobile Insights '95 Conference (Brochure) History … sonal Communicators; the Hewlett-Packard 200LX for Handheld Computers and Organizers; and Marc Porat of General Magic for Personal Achievement.3 Beyond the sessions, the program offered a Mo …