John Warnock, who co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Charles Geschke and was the company's CEO until 2000 and CTO until retiring in 2001, died on August 19 at age 82
he was 82 Jim Harrington / Mercury News : Adobe co-founder John Warnock, a giant in the tech world, dies at 82 International Business Times : Who Was John Warnock; Co-Founder Of Adobe Passes Away At 82 Alex Ivanovs / Stack Diary : Adobe Co-Founder Dr. John Warnock Dies at 82 Mastodon: Misty / @misty@digipres.club : Adobe's cofounder John Warnock passes away at 82. Hard to imagine what computing would be like without early Adobe. — https://www.bloomberg.com/... Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken@sfba.social : Sorry to hear this. The computer industry is so young that so many of its pioneering giants have still been with us. But that era is fading away. https://www.reuters.com/... Bluesky: @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com : Wow. Saluting a legend. The shambolic bloatware factory today called “Adobe” aside, this was a company that completely shaped my understanding of digital creativity and helped define an entire age of computing. What an impact. [embedded post] X: Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : Respect to one of the founding researchers in the field of computer graphics. John Warnock, Adobe co-founder, pioneered the use of bezier curves in computer fonts and illustration through PostScript and PDF, taking computer graphics beyond the raster era. Johnnie Manzari / @johnnie : I'm very sad to hear about the passing of John Warnock. John and Chuck inspired me to dedicate my life to designing tools that promote creativity and expression, at the intersection of art and engineering. And to do so with humility and care. I think about the two of them often. [image] Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : Adobe's Co-Founder John Warnock Dies at 82 // very sad to hear of the passing of industry and technology legend John Warnock. from xerox through decades after co-founding Adobe he changed the technology landscape we all benefit from every day. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Danilo / @_danilo : I don't know who I'd even BE today without Photoshop and After Effects... revealing... something, and changing me in the process, as a kid. What a legend of computing. Philip Bump / @pbump : When I worked at Adobe, I was tasked at one point with making a chart for execs. I presented it to them and Warnock noticed that I'd scaled a circle by diameter and not area, skewing the perspective. A nerd executive. What more could you want? https://www.bloomberg.com/... @affinitybyserif : RIP #JohnWarnock, co-founder of Adobe, without whose inspiration perhaps none of us would be here. Ridwan / @themoridwan : Imagine being partly responsible for enabling several generations of creators. Incredible. Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : In the late 1970s John Warnock became a principal scientist at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). He and Charles “Chuck” Geschke, left to found Adobe in 1982 after Xerox said it wasn't interested in licensing the technology they created. Xerox wanted to make it proprietary LinkedIn: Tim Marklein : Very saddened to hear the news of John Warnock's passing. Adobe was one of my first clients, and I was honored to help the company introduce Acrobat/PDF into the world (among other innovations). … Vish Mishra : A legend is no more. A very sad day for the tech world!! He unleashed the creative power of millions around the globe! … Forums: r/technology : Adobe co-founder John Warnock dies at 82 r/technews : Adobe co-founder John Warnock dies at 82