Ah, General Magic. I was there just before the final death throes, long after all the names had left. We were down to one significant customer, General Motors

Ah, General Magic. I was there just before the final death throes, long after all the names had left. We were down to one significant customer, General Motors OnStar, selling minutes to people who wanted to get their baseball scores and stock quotes on their car phones. And trying to give away Portico, although I think it was called something else by then. Death spirals are no fun. A couple of months after I got there, my boss the VP of engineering, the chief architect, the lead programmer, and several others left. We got a new president. The head of operations took over engineering. I took the hint an bailed out. A year later I got the bankruptcy notice in the mail.