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Woz Says Big Software Doesn't Work

Posted by Zonk on from the memories-nothing-more-than-memories dept.

chrizbot writes "A friend of mine studying journalism at Google's alma mater interviewed Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer fame. He chimes in on open source, DRM, record companies and how software from big companies suck so bad (including Apple's!). The part my friend doesn't include is how he guessed a trick was performed and won a necklace from him!" From the article: "Sometimes the engineers are true artists and really care what they're doing, doing a really great job. Although, I don't know how much I can even say that because the big companies, Microsoft, Apple and AOL, they tend to turn out the crappiest products, you know, software-wise. The ones that have the most bugs, the most items that are supposedly in there but don't work. The most things that are left out because they aren't finished. The most things that are inconsistent with the way they did their last program. I get the worst, worst software almost always from Apple."

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  1. GOOGLE WENT TO COLLEGE?! by MondoMor · · Score: 5, Funny

    No wonder it's so damn smart!

    Has it got a Master's? Or should we call it Doctor Google?

    1. Re:GOOGLE WENT TO COLLEGE?! by M.+Baranczak · · Score: 4, Funny

      And who was "chiming in"? The friend or Wozniak? Seriously, it's been a while since I've seen so much mangled syntax crammed into such a small space. Do I win a necklace if I can figure out what the hell this person's trying to say?

  2. Gone by darrint · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get the worst, worst software almost always from Apple.

    But I'm not bitter.

  3. who? by BushCheney08 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, c'mon. Like this "woz" person has any clue how a computer works. I bet Apple wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole...

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    Be a real patriot: Question authority. Think for yourself. Formulate your own conclusions.
  4. Troll? by CaymanIslandCarpedie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get the worst, worst software almost always from Apple.

    This Woz guy is obviously a MS$ fanboy troll! ;-)

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    "reality has a well-known liberal bias" - Steven Colbert
  5. What does he use? by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 3, Funny

    I get the worst, worst software almost always from Apple.

    He must not buy anything from Microsoft or Adobe then.

  6. and a new geek fashion starts by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wearing an orange Apple polo, dark dress slacks and a stainless steel, analog-and-digital Bell & Ross wristwatch, Wozniak greeted me at the door. After talking to Wozniak for five minutes, it was obvious there is weight to his reputation: he is affable, candid and sharp. The remarks that follow are excerpts from our discussion.

    Orange polo and dark dress slacks. Check.

    Multi-thousand dollar watch. Well, maybe some other time.

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    MORTAR COMBAT!
  7. Death Star Syndrome by (1+-sqrt(5))*(2**-1) · · Score: 3, Funny
    Big-shop software, as a matter of fact, is always what made A New Hope somewhat plausible for me: the too-many-cooks oversight of a two-meter exhaust vent analogizes well with desktop infelicities.

    I'd like to nominate this phenomenon the "Death Star Syndrome," or DSS.

  8. Re:Back in the day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dvorak (John C. Dvorak) has never done any work in computers -- he's been a journalist his entire life. Frankly, I've never really understood why people paid attention to him.

    Because he designed that excellent keyboard, and composed music in his free time.

    I refuse to let you make fun of such a multitalented individual.