Reese M. Jones

Reese Matthew Jones (born September 1958) is an inventor and entrepreneur who founded Farallon and co-founded the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group.
==Education==
Reese earned a B.A. in biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work on his Ph.D.Reese Jones, Future in Review. Accessed 2021-07-11.
==Career==
During his graduate studies, Jones co-founded the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group (BMUG) in 1984, soon after the original Macintosh was introduced. He created a low-cost variant of AppleTalk networking hardware to connect BMUG's computers to the of the campus. Initially called "BMUGnet", Reese patented it and developed it into PhoneNET.US5003579A: System for connecting computers via telephone lines by Reese M. Jones, Google Patents.BMUG Lab in UCB Eshleman Hall, 32by32. 1986-03-04.
In 1985, Reese established Farallon to market hardware developed at Berkeley, such as PhoneNET and MacRecorder.BMUG and MacRecorder, 32by32. 1985-09-19. The company was later rebranded as and sold to Motorola for 208 million in February 2007.Motorola completes Netopia acquisition by Peter Cohen, Macworld, 2007-02-06.
==References==
==External links==
*Reese Jones at AngelList
*Reese Jones at Crunchbase
*Reese M. Jones at Justia Patents
*Reese Jones at LinkedIn
*Reese Jones at Twitter
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