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Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple is an autobiography by John Sculley, former Apple CEO, and John A. Byrne in August 1987[ citation needed ], published by Harper & Row. In Odyssey, Sculley describes his time as CEO of PepsiCo and Apple during the late 1970s and early 80s. The epilogue of the book is dedicated to describing the Knowledge Navigator, a concept of Sculley's.

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