Re:Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s ex...
by tptacek on Saturday April 24, 2010 @01:15PM
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There's not a single pair of subject and predicate in this comment that I agree with. That's fine. We can disagree. I think much less of Wozniak for joking about someone else's career.
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Re:Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s ex...
by Luc on Saturday April 24, 2010 @01:44PM
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I agree to disagree - I don't have insider knowledge, so I may be utterly wrong. Perhaps we'll find out soon enough.
My feeling is this is a bit of social signalling going on. Woz is saying 'Gray is one of us, we can joke around about it, because that's the kind of teasing we can do in our circle'. If the matter were serious, Wozniak would indeed be out of line, and he'd hopefully know better than to do this. There's no need to keep Powell's name secret anymore, he's part of the Apple mythology now.
There is a few bits more info in this article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003345-37.html
Woz:"It seems clear that (Powell) kept the iPhone prototype secret enough to satisfy Apple. It's a bad accident that could happen to any of us."
Re:Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s ex...
by tptacek on Saturday April 24, 2010 @01:49PM
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If Wozniak was an Apple spokesperson, that comment would carry a lot of weight. But he isn't. He has no authority here whatsoever. And I think he's wrong.
Re:Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s ex...
by goatforce5 on Sunday April 25, 2010 @09:50AM
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I imagine he has the ear of more than a handful of important people at Apple, so him saying 'give the kid a break' would have a fair degree of influence.