Re: Inventor

[mairsil@my-dejanews.com]

In article <nobody-1112982251280001@pm-4-105.dynam.wavetech.net>,
  nobody@wavetech.net (Greg Buchner) wrote:
> In article <19981211224448.06165.00001317@ng43.aol.com>,
> supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
>
> >I have no doubt that without Jobs, Apple Computers would
> >ever have came to be.  However, it is a fact that Jobs
> >contributed NOTHING to the hardware itself.
>
> Actually, I do believe that Jobs was responsible for the Apple II
> having a case...Wozniak very likely at the time would have been
> happy continuing to sell just the motherboard.  Jobs thought they
> should sell something that looked "professional".
>
> >By the way, apparently Jobs and Woz are no longer
> >on speaking terms.  Jobs witheld profits from initial
> >Apple I sales and Woz found out this much later on.
>
> I never heard this...I do know that Jobs told Wozniak that Jobs
> had received less money from an Atari job that Jobs brought
> Wozniak in on...Wozniak wasn't concerned with the money, he was
> just upset about Jobs lying to him.

Wasn't there something on PBS about this? I also seem to recall hearing that
they're making a made-for-TV movie about this.




Ralph Glatt

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