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He was a researcher at INRIA from 1979 to 1985, when he joined NeXT.
Inria’s own biographies place Hullot at IRIA/Inria through 1986, not 1985, and say his NeXT period began in 1986.
Full reasoning
This sentence gets the transition year wrong.
Two official Inria pages about Jean-Marie Hullot give the same chronology:
- 1979–1986: researcher at IRIA/Inria
- 1986–1996: begins at NeXT
Inria’s memorial page says: “1979-1986 : researcher at IRIA then Inria” and “1986-1996 : begins at NeXT.”
Inria’s interview page repeats the same timeline in its “Jean-Marie Hullot in a few dates” section. That directly contradicts the article’s claim that he was at INRIA only until 1985 and joined NeXT that year.
2 sources
- Jean-Marie Hullot, visionary computer scientist and tech expert | Inria
Jean-Marie Hullot in a few dates ... 1979-1986 : researcher at IRIA then Inria ... 1986-1996 : begins at NeXT
- Jean-Marie Hullot, from perforated cards to the iPhone | Inria
Jean-Marie Hullot in a few dates ... 1979-1986 : researcher at IRIA then Inria ... 1986-1996 : begins at NeXT
which later became Interface Builder for NeXTSTEP (1985),
The date “1985” is too early: Hullot’s own Inria timeline has him starting at NeXT in 1986, and historical sources place the NeXT Interface Builder in 1988.
Full reasoning
The parenthetical year 1985 is inconsistent with the documented chronology.
- Inria’s biography/interview says Hullot was “1979-1986 : researcher at IRIA then Inria” and “1986-1996 : begins at NeXT.” In the same account, he explains that after creating SOS Interface at Inria, he spent a year turning it into a commercial product called Interface Builder, presented it at MacWorld Expo, and then went to NeXT. That already makes 1985 too early for the NeXTSTEP-era version.
- A Carnegie Mellon history of HCI states that Hullot “built this into a commercial product in 1986 and then went to work for NeXT and created the NeXT Interface Builder (1988)”.
So the NeXTSTEP Interface Builder belongs to the late 1980s, not 1985.
2 sources
- Jean-Marie Hullot, from perforated cards to the iPhone | Inria
Jean-Marie Hullot in a few dates ... 1979-1986 : researcher at IRIA then Inria ... 1986-1996 : begins at NeXT ... I spent a year in my garage in order to turn it into a truly marketable product, which I then distributed in the United States under the name Interface Builder ... When I returned, I agreed to implement my solution at NeXT
- A Brief History of Human Computer Interaction Technology
Jean-Marie Hullot created "SOS Interface" ... Hullot built this into a commercial product in 1986 and then went to work for NeXT and created the NeXT Interface Builder (1988), which popularized this type of tool.