question on Two Steves

[Toma Sharple <sharpletoma@gmail.com>]

okay, here under an assumed name, passing on a question from my 'Dad
in Chicago'.  He does not want to post himself, because he is
embarrassed.

what Dad is asking ...


"Way back, I read that the two Steves had taken a contract for someone
like Honeywell.  Jobs told Woz that the payoff was $500, and Woz
happily took his $250 share.

"Then, almost a decade later, I read that Woz had written a book, and
described how he had started crying during a plane ride.  He had read
that Jobs had lied, and the contract was really $5000, and had given
Woz only 5%.  They had been friends, and equal partners, he had
thought.

"In the decades since then, I thought this was a given fact, that Jobs
had screwed his friend Woz. When fellow users would tell me about
Jobs's latest achievement or screwup, I'd respond in a lukewarm way.
I'd eventually explain that "Steven Jobs is not my favorite person".

"And last year, during all the public grieving, I kept quiet.  After
all, the guy was dead.

"But, you know, I never could find out -- did the two Steve's ever
make up? Or did Jobs apologize? Or was the whole thing a
misunderstanding in the first place?  But no one wrote about it.

"I know that Woz and Jobs did work together from time to time over the
decades.  And I saw in the "Pirates of Silicon Valley" movie that Woz
didn't think that Jobs was perfect."


and my Dad is having me post a query here or there.

anybody recognize this story?  can anybody shed light on this, please?
- toma