I, Woz

theodp writes "In a Q&A session, Steve Wozniak discusses his forthcoming autobiography, how HP not only passed on his Apple design but also nixed his pleas to work on an HP computer, and the perks of being an Apple co-founder - free 65W AC adapters!"

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Perks

[wirah]

Perks like... being stinking rich?

From the article

[Wellington Grey]

I was in Boston once. I needed two AC adapters. I ran into this new Apple store. I went up to the counter, "I'd like two 65-watt AC adapters." I didn't say anything about who I was. And they bring them out. I say, "How much?" They say, "We are expensing it." I said, "Yeah, but how do I pay for it?" They said, "No, no, no -- we are allowed to give gifts to special people."

Man oh man, I'd love to know the criterion to get on that list.

-Grey

Power Adapters

[SillyWilly]

I'm not surprised free AC Adapters are a perk of founding Apple. Certainly my experience with my PowerBook has been that they need replacing every 12 months if not sooner.

Re:Woz and Jobs

[Farmer Tim]

Without Jobs there would be no Apple, Woz would have stuck at HP and written printer drivers.

So that explains why HP's printer drivers suck like a starving lamprey. But surely they could have found at least one other decent software engineer in the last 30 years...

Re:Step 1: Invent the Apple I

[elrous0]

Step 3: Hook up with a meglomaniacal business shark with enough charisma to attract a cult following.

-Eric

Not go gushing about Woz but.....

[Danathar]

What can anybody say? He's like the Mother Teresa of Geekdom. The man does not seem to have an evil bone in his body. Although woz would probably not like it, there should be some sort of Nerd/Geek cannonization....

St. Woz!