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Steve Wozniak
said
I never lie, even to this day. Not even a little. Unless you count playing pranks on people, which I don't. That's comedy. Entertainment doesn't count.
— p. 12
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
- Fame71.4
- Momentum10.0
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Born 1950 · age 76United States
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He built the machines that made personal computing possible. While Steve Jobs shaped Apple's image, Wozniak engineered the Apple I and Apple II — the circuits and code that turned a hobbyist dream into something you could actually buy and use at home.
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Born August 11, 1950, Stephen Gary Wozniak came up as an electrical engineer and programmer before co-founding Apple Computer with Steve Jobs in 1976. He developed the Apple I in 1975 and designed the Apple II, introduced in 1977 — one of the first mass-produced microcomputers that actually worked for ordinary people. He helped shape early Macintosh concepts from 1979 to 1981 alongside Jef Raskin, until a plane accident pulled him away and Jobs took over the project. After leaving Apple permanently in 1985, he founded CL 9 and released the first programmable universal remote in 1987, then spen…
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Steve Wozniak
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Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.
— The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, Saturday keynote speech (10 July 2004)
Steve Wozniak
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I also like to ride Segways. How much fun that is! Anybody think that's fun? I hope so...
— The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, Saturday keynote speech (10 July 2004)
Steve Wozniak
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A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things.
— The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, Saturday keynote speech (10 July 2004)
Steve Wozniak
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Steve Jobs doesn't use a Mac, and won't, because it's too crappy in his opinion.
— Commenting on Steve Jobs's stewardship after his return to Apple, before the release of Mac OS X, MacTech Vol. 14 No. 5 (May 1998)
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