"Paul Pavlik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> He left as he was not comfy w/ the corporate environment and he knew he
was
> richer beyond any one person's wildest dream. He wanted a happy family
life
> too. Having gotten these - how could he - or anyone else say he was
> rolyally screwed?
Well, you're right of course. He's hardly starving. I should have qualified
that with a "relatively speaking" at the end.
To me, though, the allure of Apple will always be the velcro-lidded
VolksComputer, not the torx-secured little toaster. I just wish he'd be
better remembered when people think of "the computer that started it all."
> Sure there were some biz deals and notsonice things that happened. What
> human endeavor does not have these?
Absolutely true. It's just that so many Apple loyalists (not all, just a few
I've met) describe Apple as somehow being above stooping to the level of
dealmaking and business thinking.
Now, I'm the first to admit that the beloved old Apple 2 series had probably
gone beyond its useful life before the GS (though there's no shortage of
folks that will argue with me on that). In fact, that's about when I went
with the PCs. I suspect that there were harder feelings when it all went
down, and that a large part of it had to do with the failure of the GS.
Everything I've read (though not from the man himself) indicate that it was
a rather cold treatment.
When it comes to Woz, I sure hated to see him go. I think the biz lost a lot
when he left. I don't think there are too many guys that have done what he's
done that still write a personal e-mail to someone.
- Bob
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