Jean-Marie Hullot

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Jean-Marie Hullot

Jean-Marie Hullot in January 2008
Born February 16, 1954 (1954-02-16) (age 54)
Flag of France Paris, France
Residence France
Nationality French
Known for Interface Builder, NeXTSTEP, iCal, iSync

Jean-Marie Hullot (born 1954-02-16) is a French computer scientist and programmer who authored important programs for the original Macintosh, NeXTSTEP and Mac OS X platforms. These include the SOS Interface for the Mac[1], which later became Interface Builder for NeXTSTEP (1985)[2], and later still evolved into an important part of Mac OS X. He also led the iCal and iSync development teams for Mac OS X (2002)[3].

Hullot received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Paris at Orsay in 1981 [4]. He was a researcher at INRIA from 1979 to 1985, when he joined NeXT Computer. In 1996 he co-founded RealNames, a URL translation service, which closed in 2002. From 2001 to 2005 he was Apple Computer's Applications Division CTO.

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  1. ^ The Nextonian
  2. ^ WWDC 2003 notes
  3. ^ AppleInsider, 10/17/2007
  4. ^ http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-286207-3.pdf

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