I’m Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, Ask Me Anything

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> I never sought wealth or power, and in fact evaded it.

> I was able to finish my degree in EE&CS and to fulfill a lifelong goal to teach 5th graders (8 years, up to teaching 7 days a week, public schools, no press allowed).

Every time I read or hear about Steve Wozniak I like him more.

> What are your thoughts on the FBI/DOJ vs Apple ordeal at the moment?

Note his answer.

Have you read iWoz? I enjoyed it much more than the Jobs biography. Every thing I learn about Woz...from how he created Integer BASIC on pen and paper and demonstrated it to the Homebrew club [1] to how he got around Nintendo Power banning him from its top scores list [2]...only makes me admire him more. It's clear he probably wouldn't be famous if it weren't for Jobs (as Woz tried to give away the Apple I to HP, because he felt obligated to)...but Apple wouldn't have gotten the runway it needed without Woz's spectacular engineering and game-loving spirit.

[1] https://books.google.com/books?id=hlA6Xv3-59YC&lpg=PA182&ots...

[2] http://gizmodo.com/steve-wozniak-was-once-the-best-tetris-pl...

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