I agree. Woz is the guy. I have often said that this is one person that I'd really like to meet. In fact, I can imagine a scenario where my great grandkids might have the conversation about me... "He lived in the same era as Woz and didn't set out to meet him? Why wouldn't someone take that opportunity if they had it?"
See, I think the same can be said for many great minds. Their genius is not truly appreciated in their own time. For Woz, people will not largly embrace everything the Woz is/did/does for another generation or so. And not necessarily for his contributions to Apple, but for everything he does.
I used to think the same thing. When I moved from Jaguar (10.2.x) to Panther (10.3.x), there were those few major enhancements that I noticed right away. And then I continued to work with Panther. Nothing really grabbed me as a big change from Jaguar.
Then I was forced to use a Jaguar system after months of using Panther. Almost instantly I realized all the little things that make Panther a much better system than Jaguar. None of them notable enough to grab a editorial headline, but the sum of them are substantial. I suspect the same will be true of the Tiger update.
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I agree. Woz is the guy. I have often said that this is one person that I'd really like to meet. In fact, I can imagine a scenario where my great grandkids might have the conversation about me... "He lived in the same era as Woz and didn't set out to meet him? Why wouldn't someone take that opportunity if they had it?"
See, I think the same can be said for many great minds. Their genius is not truly appreciated in their own time. For Woz, people will not largly embrace everything the Woz is/did/does for another generation or so. And not necessarily for his contributions to Apple, but for everything he does.
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Sorry, my bad. The article says "Apollo", not "Apple".
It is Slashdot afterall. Surely you understand the misread. You'll forgive me, right?
Then I was forced to use a Jaguar system after months of using Panther. Almost instantly I realized all the little things that make Panther a much better system than Jaguar. None of them notable enough to grab a editorial headline, but the sum of them are substantial. I suspect the same will be true of the Tiger update.