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Steve Wozniak, born on August 11, 1950, is a renowned inventor and computer engineer. He is one of the co-founders of Apple Inc. and is known for his significant contributions to the personal computer revolution.

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“The more we thought, the more they all sounded boring compared to Apple. You didn't have to have a real specific reason for choosing a name when you were a little tiny company of two people; you choose any name you want.”

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“I really believe I know why my designs were better than any other human being, but I don't want to take credit for starting Apple, for turning the world around or anything like that.”

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“All through time in Apple products, even from our very first ones, that's how he [Steve Jobs] looked at the world, that you don't really want a piece of technology, a certain type of chip. What you want is a solution to a problem in life, some cause, some issue that you want in your life that'll help you. And it's how do you make that almost one step - say it and it happens.”

“I never sensed really bad blood between Microsoft and Apple. A lot of Macintosh users feel badly about PCs and do have some bad feelings. I call them Macintosh bigots a little. They say, oh, no, only the Macintosh is the good one, and I don't like to be that way.”

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“I think Apple's revenge is just the fact that Windows, you know, PCs all became Macintoshes in a way.”

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“Pretty much I want to be Steve Wozniak, who I decided I was at a young age and not change. I want to go back to school and get my college degree like I would have without Apple. I want to teach young kids like I would have without Apple. And part of it is I'm accessible. I'm open. And so many people e-mail me and get me. And as much as I can I try to answer people, listen to them, be polite and say yes.”

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“I hate to say it, and Apple never likes it, but I love anything that's hacker oriented. I don't like passing it onto others, or getting things for free. I don't like stealing music one bit, at all.”

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“When we first started with Apple computers, it was my dream that everyone would learn to program, and that was how they'd use their computer.”

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“Steve Jobs made the case to Xerox PARC execs directly that they had great technology but that Apple knew how to make it affordable enough to change the world. This was very open. In the end, Xerox got a large block of Apple stock for sharing the technology. That's not stealing outright.”

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“After the Apple II was introduced, then came the Commodore and the Tandy TRS-80.”

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“You can make something big when young that will carry you through life. Look at all the big startups like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. They were all started by very young people who stumbled on something of unseen value. You'll know it when you hit a home run.”

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“I have never left the company. I keep a tiny residual salary to this day because that's where my loyalty should be forever. I want to be an "employee" on the company data base. I won't engineer, I'd rather be basically retired, due to my family. (talking about his relationship with Apple Inc)”

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“There's nothing that would keep Apple out of the Android market as a secondary phone market.”

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“We truly could have used the later Jobs in earlier years at Apple, is what I feel.”

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“Steve Jobs didn't really set the direction of my Apple I and Apple II designs but he did the more important part of turning them into a product that would change the world. I don't deny that.”

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“The first Apple was just a culmination of my whole life.”

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“I believe you should have a world where you’ve got to license something at a fair price. There are good things I see on Samsung phones that I wish were in my iPhone. I wish Apple would use them and could use them, and I don’t know if Samsung would stop us.”

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“I wish to God that Apple and Google were partners in the future.”

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About the Author

Born: August 11, 1950
Known for: Inventor
Quotes: 138

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IWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon - Getting to the Core of Apple's InventorRelated source material

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