Discussion

By David Murphy on Jun 02, 2021

Happy birthday, Icon! You look better than ever! Thanks for all you have done for our industry.

By Eric Vessels on Jun 02, 2021

One of the funniest "you're old" jokes was at a dinner fundraiser for EDSF (I think) and they had a system where you could text to donate and it would show up on a big screen in the hall. Adam and I snickered and donated with a "in memory of Frank Romano". That's not the funny part though. The FUNNY part was seeing it scroll on the screen and hearing an enormous "HAH!" from Frank himself from across the room. I still chuckle at that. He always calls us "kids" and I love that. Happy 80th, my friend. You're still old. You used to be old, but you're still old, too!

By Jim Hamilton on Jun 03, 2021

Happy birthday, Frank! Thanks for all you have done for the printing industry, and particularly for the work in preserving its history. The Museum of Printing is a true gem!

By Robert Godwin on Jun 04, 2021

I thoguht Frank was the Museum of Printing?!?!?

By Dov Isaacs on Jun 04, 2021

Happy Birthday Frank!!!!

By the way, for the record, the Xerox Star workstation was announced and was demonstrable a few years prior to the Apple Lisa. I got to visit Xerox and get a demo of the Star in 1980 when I was working at Wang Labs. The frustration with Xerox's inability/unwillingness to truly productize and market the Star along with Interpress led to Chuck Geschke and John Warnock leaving Xerox to found Adobe in late 1982.

- Dov