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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by microtherion on Thursday August 14, 2025 @05:55PM (#44906153)
Empirically, every Apple product you're using today was designed without Woz' involvement, and nearly every one of them still shows traces of Jobs' involvement.

Conversely, Woz started numerous companies after parting ways with Jobs, and I can't think of a single one that had a lasting impact.

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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by bigstrat2003 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @06:00PM (#44906201)
It's not really a level playing field to compare Jobs running an established company with a devoted fan base, to Woz starting companies from nothing. One is much easier than the other.
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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by cma on Thursday August 14, 2025 @06:39PM (#44906545)
When Jobs was fired by Apple, he started NeXT (platform where the web was developed) and Pixar. The Apple desktop platform, one of the existing products referenced, still has a lot of heritage from NeXT. I think Jobs was an asshole too but he did start outside companies that did well and still have a major lasting contribution today.
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