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Originally Posted by imac.usr 

 

 

You do know he basically designed the Apple I and Apple II right?

 

Read "Fire in the Valley" to get some background on the two Steves and the history of Apple.

He or she was just saying that he was important to the inception of the company.  Of course he designed those, and that was important.  But that has nothing to do with the current success of the company.  He admittedly wanted nothing to do with running the company.  Products themselves don't make a company survive or do well.  Someone has to figure out how to market them and make people want them.

The commodore, amiga, and other computer of that era were also great and popular computers.  Those companies aren't around.  Apple has thrived because it evolved and created new products that are dominating their markets.  Woz has nothing to do with that.  

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Originally Posted by SolipsismY 





1) I have no reason to doubt Woz here.



2) His assuming is in regards to what Jobs was feeling, which is the correct way to word that.

Different people's recollection of events are almost always different to some degree or another.  And if Woz was not even present for some of the discussions, it would be virtually impossible for him to know if it was presented to Steve as a "leave or your fired" scenario.  Such a message is often given as much with body language and tone as it is with express words.  Usually to try to allow the person being booted to save as much face as possible, out of respect.  Always better to let the person leave with as much dignity as possible.  And besides, hasn't Woz pretty much made it clear that the never wanted anything to do with any of the executive, management type aspects of the business?