Soon after moving to Palo Alto, I met Sue McIntyre who lived nearby. Sue was a vivacious gal and great friend. She was an Alabamian and Southern to the core. Sue was a fabulous cook, one like Anne Ream who could create a feast out of virtually nothing. Sue had a son named William Helan, Jr., after his father and was called Helan. Sue dated another Southerner, a lawyer younger than she named Frank Hugg. Sue through enjoyable parties at which we all drank too much.
Sue had a BFF named Ann Schroeder. Ann was married to Bob Schroeder, President of Qume, Diablo’s main competitor in daisy-wheel printers. They were both very nice and we stayed away from business when together. Schroeder had started Qume with David lee, who was one of the principle developers of the Daisy-wheel printer at Diablo. There was a lot of bitterness toward Lee at Diablo, particularly from Andy XXX who was the lead developer .
I got along very well with the group.
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