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Early Apple Employees Talk Memories of Steve Jobs, Thoughts On New Movie

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-never-realized-steve-jobs-was-a-transformer dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "Daniel Kottke and Bill Fernandez had front-row seats to the birth of the personal computing industry, as well as the most valuable technology company in the world. Both served as employees of Apple Computer in its earliest days: Kottke working with the hardware, Fernandez developing the user interfaces. Both have some strong opinions about the new feature film Jobs, which dramatizes the personal and professional escapades of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and his more technically inclined partner, Steve Wozniak. Kottke consulted on early versions of the script, attended the movie's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in February, and is currently planning to see it again shortly after its release on August 16. Fernandez, on the other hand, hasn't seen it and doesn't intend to, because he considers it a work of fiction and thinks it will upset him. In this lengthy interview with Slashdot, both attempted to distinguish the facts and longstanding geek legends from the instances of pure creative license exercised by the filmmakers."

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  1. Funny by Haawkeye · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I think it will be funny and entertaining to see if they make him into the second coming. If nothing else it should be entertaining.

    1. Re:Funny by TWiTfan · · Score: 2, Interesting

      That's going to take all the whitewash in the world. But, this is Hollywood, so I'm sure they'll find a way.

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  2. Perhaps Pirate of Silicon Valley is better? by rolfwind · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Metacritic and Rotten don't seem to be encouraging this movie.

  3. Hey, remember when Steve used to screw us over? by TWiTfan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Oh, those were the days. We used to laugh, and then he would deny us stock options, and then we would go to a bar and drink, and then he would curse at us and fire us. Oh man, were those great times!

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    The cow says "Moo." The dog says "Woof." The Timothy says "Thanks, valued customer. We appreciate your input."
  4. Film casts Woz in bad light. by nitehawk214 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The one true geek character in the entire Apple saga. Well that is enough for me to not bother with it.

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    I'm a good cook. I'm a fantastic eater. - Steven Brust
  5. Re: folklore.org answers all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'll have to second that. Folklore.org has some awesome stories from the rank and file at Apple during the birth of the Mac. I love the story about the engineer working all night on code for the Mac only to realize the Apple II he was working on did not have a drive controller in it to save his work. The solution to the problem was awesome.

    If you like this sort of thing, and want to get the story from insiders, check it out.