Wozniak vs Jobs

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

Ran across an interesting bit of info this past week at
http://www.news.com/SpecialFeatures/Continued/0,6,20270_2,00.html

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   At one point, Amelio cites a discussion he had with Apple cofounder
   Steve Wozniak to ask him to return to the company as an adviser.
   Wozniak, known to insiders as "the Woz," told Amelio of an incident   
   that happened before Apple was even formed and that years later    
   prompted a falling out with Jobs.                                  
 
   "Steve managed to get an assignment from Nolan Bushnell of Atari to do
   some circuits for one of its electronic toys. I'd do the designs and  
   build the circuit board, and we'd get $1,000," Amelio quoted Wozniak
   as saying. "[Jobs] came back and gave me $300. I said, 'I thought we
   were getting $1,000.' Steve told me, 'No, they talked us down to
   $600,' and I figured, you know, it was better than nothing. So I said
   OK. Years later, I found out from a guy who had been at Atari that it 
   had really paid Steve the full $1,000. I did the work; he kept $700
   for himself and gave me $300."                                   
 
   Wozniak, according to Amelio, said: "When [Jobs] knew I'd found out, 
   that sort of ended it. We've never been close since."               
 
   Wozniak told CNET's NEWS.COM that the gist of Amelio's account of the 
   Atari transaction is correct but that the dollar amount is wrong. 

   He added that what he had tried to convey to Amelio "very subtly" was 
   that the decision to buy Next for the price paid might not have been a
   good deal for Apple. Amelio "might have been taken," Wozniak said.  

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   And this is the one at Apple who really hated Wozniak's Apple II
and shafted it in favor of his own pet projects, trying to destroy
just about everything that he didn't have a big say in the design of.
I doubt Jobs has become less of one willing to rip off friends and
companies for his own personal advancement. This sorta indicates one
big reason why Woz has not returned to Apple much, unfortunately.

   Just so you know the character of the one in charge of Macintosh
Inc, these days.

Nathan Mates
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