On Friday 04 April 2008, Ric Moore wrote: >On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 18:58 -0700, Craig White wrote: >> On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 14:15 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: >> Woz was/is a Saint. I wish he'd come out on the Linux side. Ric >> ---- >> yeah...I have no idea what happened to my 'red' book either (I never saw >> the blue book). >> >> As for Woz...he's probably still holding too much Apple stock to >> seriously consider anything public about Linux but you know he's fooled >> with it. What the hey...he's busy playing hide the salami with you know >> who. > >If it wasn't for the Woz, you-know-who would be barefoot at the beach >sipping wine-coolers paid for by rich old dames. > >The original Apple][ was a dream of a machine, open sourced in the red >(integer basic source code list and circuits specs) and blue book (I >think that had the Floating Point source-code listing and docs) as well >as complete logical diagrams of the circuitry. All right there and >shipped with every machine. Then Jobs stuck his fingers in, started >close-sourcing everything, starting with the Apple][+ and made it into >an appliance. Just wait, the iToaster, iDustBuster and the iFormansGrill >will be his next offerings. His followers will cheer madly. In case you >can't tell, I really despise the man. If Woz were to run the joint, I'd >buy one in a heartbeat. <chuckles> Ric > Two of us, Ric. Now I wouldn't touch them with a 40 foot pole. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) A journey of a thousand miles starts under one's feet. -- Lao Tsu
