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Au contraire... He's making light of the situation because it doesn't deserve a heavy-handed approach, and the engineer in question will be just fine at Apple.

by Luc 17y ago

Au contraire... He's making light of the situation because it doesn't deserve a heavy-handed approach, and the engineer in question will be just fine at Apple. Losing the prototype could have happened to anyone. It's good-natured ribbing. Besides, Woz doesn't have it in him to be mean, I reckon.

tptacek 17y ago
There's not a single pair of subject and predicate in this comment that I agree with. That's fine. We can disagree. I think much less of Wozniak for joking about someone else's career.
- Luc 17y ago
  I agree to disagree - I don't have insider knowledge, so I may be utterly wrong. Perhaps we'll find out soon enough. My feeling is this is a bit of social signalling going on. Woz is saying 'Gray is one of us, we can joke around about it, because that's the kind of teasing we can do in our circle'. If the matter were serious, Wozniak would indeed be out of line, and he'd hopefully know better than to do this. There's no need to keep Powell's name secret anymore, he's part of the Apple mythology now. There is a few bits more info in this article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003345-37.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003345-37.html Woz:"It seems clear that (Powell) kept the iPhone prototype secret enough to satisfy Apple. It's a bad accident that could happen to any of us."
  - tptacek 17y ago
    If Wozniak was an Apple spokesperson, that comment would carry a lot of weight. But he isn't. He has no authority here whatsoever. And I think he's wrong.
    - ugh 17y ago
      Do you disagree with the first sentence, the second sentence, or both?
    - goatforce5 17y ago
      I imagine he has the ear of more than a handful of important people at Apple, so him saying 'give the kid a break' would have a fair degree of influence.
      - tptacek 17y ago
        Why do you imagine this? Apple in 2010 is to my eyes a completely different company than the one Wozniak worked at. Wozniak has publicly criticized it.

by Luc 17y ago

tptacek 17y ago

There's not a single pair of subject and predicate in this comment that I agree with. That's fine. We can disagree. I think much less of Wozniak for joking about someone else's career.

Luc 17y ago
I agree to disagree - I don't have insider knowledge, so I may be utterly wrong. Perhaps we'll find out soon enough. My feeling is this is a bit of social signalling going on. Woz is saying 'Gray is one of us, we can joke around about it, because that's the kind of teasing we can do in our circle'. If the matter were serious, Wozniak would indeed be out of line, and he'd hopefully know better than to do this. There's no need to keep Powell's name secret anymore, he's part of the Apple mythology now. There is a few bits more info in this article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003345-37.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003345-37.html Woz:"It seems clear that (Powell) kept the iPhone prototype secret enough to satisfy Apple. It's a bad accident that could happen to any of us."
- tptacek 17y ago
  If Wozniak was an Apple spokesperson, that comment would carry a lot of weight. But he isn't. He has no authority here whatsoever. And I think he's wrong.
  - ugh 17y ago
    Do you disagree with the first sentence, the second sentence, or both?
  - goatforce5 17y ago
    I imagine he has the ear of more than a handful of important people at Apple, so him saying 'give the kid a break' would have a fair degree of influence.
    - tptacek 17y ago
      Why do you imagine this? Apple in 2010 is to my eyes a completely different company than the one Wozniak worked at. Wozniak has publicly criticized it.