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He has always been there.

"Jobs told him that Atari gave them only $700 (instead of the offered $5,000), and that Wozniak's share was thus $350. Wozniak did not learn about the actual bonus until ten years later, but said that if Jobs had told him about it and had said he needed the money, Wozniak would have given it to him."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak



Woz is someone who is straight out of fairytales. I wish I had a friend like him.


Wozniak on Jobs :

         *...told Jobs the good things these machines could  
         do for humanity, not the reverse. I begged Steve
         that we donate the first Apple I to a woman who 
         took computers into elementary schools but he made
         my buy it and donate it myself.*
http://i.imgur.com/a1I9DTs.jpg

https://plus.google.com/+CarmsPerez/posts/GnVTvQNgvpf


I seriously consider Steve Jobs to be a sociopath.


How can he be so successful otherwise?

By a certain measure of successful.


He wasn't successful at being a human being. That counts for a lot in my book.


After all this why does Steve Wozniak stay with him.


Because he's the Woz, he's immutable and immovable like the Bhudda

Funny how Jobs was the 'Bhuddist.'


buddha, buddhist


Jobs was a buddhist, but Woz is the buddha.


a buddha... the buddha died a long time ago.


Didn't he ascend to a higher plane?


and yet you still knew that to which I referred ;)

(afaik there isn't a standard transliteration but I could be wrong as I often am...)


b|_|Ddh4 then?


Because any maker wants their stuff to be in front of as many people as possible - and staying with Jobs sure made that happen.


Because he's fundamentally a nice guy?


citation needed.


No matter what I hear about him, it seems like I always end up respecting Steve Wozniak more.


Unfortunately most people only know/worship Jobs. Few non-geeks know about Wozniak. Sad.


Time for a Kickstarter for iWoz: The Movie.


It sounds like he likes it that way.


Not when it results in lies and historical revisionism that besmirch his true legacy:

https://plus.google.com/+CarmsPerez/posts/GnVTvQNgvpf


i know the mofo Woz!


...and this is why, even as a major Apple hater * , I like and respect Wozniak.

* Although, to be fair to myself, Apple only turned into its current form after he left.


I really respect Steve Wozniak. But why does he not rebel and leave him. Why does any body surrender when they have a choice unlike most others. And this is the reason i wish there are more people like RMS who are both talented and have deep philosophy.


Would you care to guess why?


I am not able to. Money? It can not be atleast in case of Woz.


A lot of Woz' generosity comes from him not caring about money and power but that doesn't make him any less likable of course.




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