Re: Wozniak vs Jobs

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louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman) wrote:

>I am not really interested in this argument.  But let's not rewrite history.
>The Lisa WAS Jobs' baby, in fact it was named (ostensibly) for his daughter.
>But when he kept trying to add more and more features, delaying the release
>and increasing costs, he was removed from the project.  But make no mistake,
>the design belongs to Steve, and it IS one of the most beautifully engineered
>computers ever made.

The Lisa WAS a beautifully engineered computer, but Jobs did not
engineer it.  The most he did was outline a concept, but even that came
from Palo Alto.  I'll give him this -- he can move talented people.  It is
those talented people who engineered the Lisa.  Wozniak actually did
engineer the Apple II.  Later, Wozniak helped engineer the IIGS....

I am not sure I agree with Jobs being whole hog on lots of features
either.  Jobs liked to keep things simple and sweet.  That's why he
pushed for a closed, unexpandable box of a Mac.