Must do things before you leave Cal

sakky
Tue, 23 May 2006 01:18:36 +0000

Believe me, I know Woz’s biography quite well. To say that Berkeley should somehow ‘claim’ Woz because he was a dropout is a big stretch. I don’t see anybody crediting Woz to the University of Colorado, although he dropped out of there too.

Besides, the implication of using Woz as an example is that if you want to be successful, then you too should go to Berkeley and then drop out. I don’t think anybody would seriously countenance such a stance.

I am interested in getting factually correct information out. And the fact is, Woz had only limited involvement in the Mac project. It is far more correct to say that he founded Apple, not founded the Mac. The Mac is far more properly credited to Jobs, who inspired the idea and was the principal business leader of the project, or the the members of the principal design team: guys like Raskin, Hertzfeld, Atkinson, George Crow, Burrell Smith, and the rest of them.

I am not concerned about whether you think my point is nit-picky or irrelevant. As I’ve said before countless times, if you don’t like my posts, then don’t read them. Nobody has a gun to your head.