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Re: Computer Wars (was Wozniak vs Jobs)

Subject: Re: Computer Wars (was Wozniak vs Jobs)
From: hattonr@aug.com (Rick Hatton)
Date: 1998/04/18
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

> Forrest writes ...
> > 
>      As for Woz vs. Jobs, they both blew it. There's no need to
> speculate about boardroom battles, etc.. If either had had the correct
> vision for the company, he could have 'gone public', carried the battle
> to the users, and won.

Woz never wanted to start a company in the first place. He just wanted
to make computers for peope to use. It was Jobs that wanted the company.

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