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He'll probably still crash the birthday party: Apple's chief software technology officer will pack his boxes one day before its 30th anniversary on April 1. Avie Tevanian was one of the NeXt Computer guys Steve brought back into Apple. And what a Valley hottie!

Avie and iPod VP Jon Rubinstein both walk out the door in three days in a mini-shuffle of Apple execs. Geez, Apple, do you always need to copy Microsoft?

Apple software chief steps down [Mercury News]