05/23/2006, 6:00pm, EDT
Tuesday, May 23rd
Woz speaks about his book, iPod, Jobs
Woz also offered comments on the the success of the iPod: "Then there's the iPod. Its success is due to the fact that it's a satellite to a computer: The computer has become absolutely central to our lives," as well as Apple's other con-founder (and current CEO) Steve Jobs.
"Do you feel that Jobs ever ripped you off, perhaps in the case of the game Breakout that you invented and he claimed credit for with Atari? He was more concerned about money. In the case of Breakout, all he had to do was ask me. I had a job at [Hewlett-Packard] (HPQ) and didn't need the money. He was always into business, and I was into designing. And that's not a good vs. bad thing.... Steve turned down doing the foreword for the book. But there's nothing really bad about him in the book. He may have misinterpreted something."
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Yeah, like maybe "How I invented the personal computer..."
He invented the idea of a buffer for a floppy drive which made disk i/o affordable and practical for the first time. He invented heaps of great stuff and the grandchildren of his inventions have changed more areas of electronics (not just computers) than you can possibly imagine.
Perhaps a little humility on your part is in order, since clearly you don't yet know everything. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Wow, doesn't that pretty much sum up most everyone who 'invents' something. Hey, at least he's not someone who 'discovered' something. Like, wow, Columbus 'discovered' america, as if it were hiding (and if you look at it, it would take a whole lot of effort to miss any land in the freaking western hemisphere), or, worse yet, as if people weren't already there.
But, then, none of them are anything compared to the guy who invented the pizza roll.
lordjonwhorfin your a dumbass, sir.
And give Woz a break. He's never quite been the same after the plane crash. I think it changed his priorities (or brought back to him his old priorities). He's never been a rock star, was always more comfortable cutting a joke and making people laugh than standing in front of a crowd or camera. So if he doesn't come off well in interviews, that's why.