Software major Adobe co-founder John Warnock, passes away at 82
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San Francisco: Software major Adobe‘s co-founder John Warnock has passed away at the age of 82, media reports said on Sunday. Warnock alongside Charles Geschke, co-founded Adobe in 1982, having previously worked together at Xerox. Their initial creation, Adobe PostScript, was a groundbreaking technology that played a pivotal role in the rise of desktop publishing. Warnock’s significant contributions to the tech world earned him several prestigious accolades, including the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama, the Computer Entrepreneur Award from the IEEE Computer Society, the American Electronics Association Medal of Achievement, and the Marconi Prize for his outstanding contributions to information science and communications. He was a visionary and pioneer in technology and innovation, helping to revolutionize desktop publishing and unleash creativity for millions of people.