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Re: question on Two Steves



On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, Toma Sharple wrote:

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.

Atari.  Breakout.

-uso.