Key Mac pioneer returns to Apple

In what can only be described as very good news for the future of Mac OS X user interface development, Dr. Guy (Bud) Tribble, one of the original members of the Macintosh team, is returning to Apple. Dr. Tribble will report directly to Avie Tevanian and hold the title vice president of Software Technology. Most recently with Eazel, where he worked on the Linux-based Nautilus UI with other former Mac pioneers Susan Kare, Andy Hertzfeld, and Mike Boich, Dr. Tribble was previously a chief technology officer for Sun Microsystems and one of the original designers of Next's UI. According to Apple's press release, "Tribble will be responsible for helping define the software engineering group's technical direction."