[Ti] The Word according to The Woz [OT]

[Norman Cohen]

Steve,

Thanks for clarifying. The comments in the article certainly didn't  
sound at all like what I've seen you write on this list. Good luck  
catching up!

Norm
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On Feb 25, 2006, at 13:26 PM, Steve Wozniak wrote:

> I was in New Zealand and am just now back home. I saw a couple of  
> headlines that were way off base.
>
> As for Microsoft's desire to be more like Apple (creative, not the  
> Dark Empire), I have insights into that aspect. It's opinion but  
> why be constantly negative, like saying that bad things from the  
> past mean MS will always be a bad guy. I myself am not known for  
> taking the enemy approach to anything.
>
> As for "spinning off iPod" I heartily deny saying this. The  
> reporter asked some such question and I laughed it off as  
> ludicrous. Why would Apple spin off something so successful. Then  
> the reporter suggested that it could be like a separate division.  
> Well, organizationally, it must be so already and I acknowledged  
> the question I was asked in that way. Then the reporter asked if it  
> made sense to have the iPod division somewhere else and I gave a  
> mixed response, a logical response. I likened it to HP divisions  
> when I worked at HP. There is a nice environmental effect in  
> separate divisions. But then I mentioned that the HP divisions were  
> making very different product lines, whereas the strength of the  
> iPod came from treating a music device as a 'satellite' to a  
> computer, and the intertwining of iTunes and the iPod made this  
> possible. I did NOT say that the iPod division should be spun off  
> and I feel used in that regard.
>
> As for Intel, I have consistently backed that decision. But  
> virtually every issue ever is not black or white. In this case the  
> only thing I've ever said slightly negative, myself, is that I'd  
> hoped for a new low power silicon technology that would extend for  
> future generations, a'la IBM's copper technology back a ways. I  
> said that I had hoped for more than just a good design to keep as  
> much of the chip inactive as possible. The reporter again pushed me  
> to say I was negative on the transition. That's a laugh, as anyone  
> who is close to me can tell you, but I did acknowledge that some  
> might be against it because of our 'big enemy' stance and so much  
> of our Macintosh history riding on being different than the masses.  
> That statement must have been stretched into being one about my own  
> thinking.
>
> I'm extremely short of time, organizing things after a long trip  
> (mostly email requests for my time) so if any of you can spread my  
> comments around, all the better. The problem with thinking is that  
> if you think out a 30 second explanation, it passes over the 5  
> second sound-byte crowd.