Apple Co-Founder Spotted In Line For iPhone

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Steve Wozniak arrived at the Apple store at Valley Fair Mall in San Jose at 4 a.m. to begin the wait wearing a button that read, "The line starts here. Woz #1."

In fact, he hadn't been the first to show up but in deference, Apple fans stepped aside to give him the first space.

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Oh, memories... I remember playing on the Apple IIe back in HS ...1983.

[eric&gen 0]

Can you believe how much they are selling the phones for on craigslist over $1000. Such a joke lol.

[William33 110]

With his bankroll, he could have paid someone else to stand in line. I know I would have.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

With his bankroll, he could have paid someone else to stand in line. I know I would have.

What happened to him? I had thought he came back to Apple when Steve Jobs did?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

...the beauty of the internet. I found this interview with Wozniak..

On starting up Apple…

"There were a lot of little accidents - I can think of at least a dozen - that if any of these things that I had really wanted to happen had happened, there would have been no Apple. Things like moving with my company to Oregon and then my wife didn't want to go: Apple would never have happened if I'd moved. Hewlett Packard turned me down five times."

On running a company vs being an engineer...

"I had decisions earlier in life that I didn't want to be in the big money world. I didn't want to run companies, I didn't want to have companies, but I wanted to design the neatest products possible. And I stuck true to that. I turned down starting Apple at the start and eventually as Apple got successful, no, I wouldn't move out of engineering. As a matter of fact, for me to say yes to Apple was when I realised that I could be an engineer, nothing more."

On the longevity of the iPod…

"Will the iPod always remain that large? Walkmans seemed to come and then go away. I think Apple's making the most out of the lifespan."

On being ripped off by Steve Jobs over the Atari Breakout game…

"I didn't know it at the time, and I didn't know it until 12 years later. And there was no reason for it, but it's a minor issue."

http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/361...e-guardian.html

[William33 110]

With his bankroll, he could have paid someone else to stand in line. I know I would have.

What happened to him? I had thought he came back to Apple when Steve Jobs did?

"Wozniak ended his full time employment with Apple for good on February 6, 1987, nine years after setting up the company. However he still remains an employee (and receives a paycheck) and a shareholder. He also maintains connections with Steve Jobs."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak