The initial prototypes used libfaim, an open source implementation of AOL's instant messenger protocol, and then the open source Jabber protocol. In September 2000 he answered a job opening within Apple to develop an instant messaging client and started working to develop iChat for Mac OS X. However in a similar situation to Antler Notes, he found that Apple would not allow him to release Radio Station, with them instead posting the source code as a developer sample on their Apple Developer Connection site. First as the tech lead responsible for developing a new implementation of the Abstract Windowing Toolkit framework for Mac OS and then as part of the team that developed an implementation of Java2 for Mac OS X based on the Carbon libraries.ĭuring this time he developed an MP3 streaming server called Radio Station in his spare time, similar to Nullsoft's SHOUTcast, that ran on the Mac OS called Radio Station. However still dissatisfied with his working environment he returned to Apple in April 1998.īetween 19 he was part of the Java team within Apple. Deciding that he would prefer to work at a larger company he left Novita and started working in Sun Microsystems' JavaSoft division, on an embedded version of the HotJava browser. The last year of his time on the OpenDoc team, was spent designing and developing a Java prototype of the OpenDoc framework.Ī month after the OpenDoc project was killed in March 1997, Jens left Apple and spent four months working at a company called Novita Communications as their sixteenth employee, helping to develop a Java email client. He also worked on optimising the size and speed of the framework, work that continued with the 1.1 and 1.2 releases. For the first release he developed the memory manager, exception handler and imaging classes.

Although he wasn't paid for his application he did receive a bonus at the time.īetween August 1993 and March 1997, he worked on the OpenDoc development framework. As his employer at the time, Apple took his application and added it to System 7.5 as Stickies. While working at Apple, he developed a note-taking application in his spare time called Antler Notes.

Jens started working at Apple as part of the team that developed AppleScript ( 1991- 1993) he specifically helped to design the Open Scripting Architecture and created the Script Editor.

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