Daniweb interviews Woz
Who is Steve Wozniak? For the most part, he is pretty much the same guy who invented personal computing some 35 years ago. That said, here is a lesson in personal economic justice and it’s something we need to take to heart as a nation — it’s the little people who do most of the work and deserve the lion’s share of the reward.
DaniWeb: Not long before Apple became a public company you offered to sell a substantial number of your shares at an extremely low price. You felt that Apple employees who were offered stock options deserved shares for all their hard work. This was called “The Woz Plan.” When Apple Computer went public in 1980 it had the largest IPO since Ford Motor Company (1956) and it created more instant millionaires than any company in history. Were many of these “instant millionaires” due to the Woz plan?
Woz: Yes. I thought that more than a few top people deserved to share in the success. At HP everyone shared in the profits via a profit sharing distribution every quarter. At Apple I had to give my own stock to do this but I felt in my heart that it was good and right.
Woz has given so many interviews that the Daniweb piece that there isn’t much new on offer. Nevertheless, Apple’s “other Steve” still has lessons to teach…
What’s your take?
It is only good that Google degraded Daniweb. Daniweb is an unfriendly community, its admins treat the users badly. The same people who contribute their content, the tutorials and programming examples. And who do that only because of the Daniweb’s promise that they can participate in a friendly community. Many become disappointed and leave, with their accounts remaining there like abandoned ghost houses. The owners of which are written to be active users. Because Daniweb refuses to delete or even suspend any account by user’s request. So a lot of terrible tragedy happens in that site, hidden from the outsiders by the site’s admin, under the nice and friendly appearance.
I’m glad that Google degraded Daniweb, they must have some very good software to detect bad sites, and they hit the nail this time, Daniweb is not what it appears to be. This would give the more competent people a chance to breathe, and create better sites which are more constructive, more competent and more friendly as well. Thank you Google.
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