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Only one Woz? What about Scott?
by rajayonin 8mo ago
Only one Woz? What about Scott?
- knorker 8mo agoThe fact that you have to be more specific than "Scott" says a lot.
- testfrequency 8mo agoThat’s more likely just you. Anyone who knows Apple knows who “Scott” is referring to. Scott Forstall.
- LukeShu 8mo agoHeh, I assumed he was referring to "Scott the Woz" Scott Wozniak, a vintage-gaming youtuber. I assumed that the GP took a more literal attack on "only one 'Woz'", hile you took a more symbolic "only one engineer of such quality". In the context of Apple, sure "Scott" is Scott Forstall, but that's not necessarily the context.
- testfrequency 8mo agoI could be wrong then if that was their reference. I was in the mindset of foundational Apple leaders, not other Woz’s outside the Apple hemisphere. EDIT: reading this again, now thinking you are right and they are just being snarky about the “one Woz in the world” existing.
- iwisjwudjqjdw 8mo ago[dead]
- vasco 8mo agoThat's crazy because I assumed they were obviously talking about Apple's first CEO. For "Scott Apple" search string, Google agrees with me and the forstall guy is just a secondary mention.
- testfrequency 8mo agoFor me he will always be “Scotty”. “Scott” at Apple will almost always imply Scott Forstall.
- knorker 8mo agoWoz is not just "some guy at apple". He's a force in his own right to the point of being bigger than Apple in some ways. "Woz" is googlable. His name doesn't need context. "Larry" could be Ellison or Page. "Scott" could be Forstall or Adams. Who played Scott Forstall in the movie? Anyway, other comments proven it's not just me, too.
- wat10000 8mo agoMy first computer was an Apple IIGS and everything since then has been a Mac. "Scott" doesn't bring anyone specific to mind for me. Maybe that connection is automatic for newcomers who immediately think "iPhone" when they hear "Apple."
- testfrequency 8mo agoI had a very long career at Apple. I have also met and spent time with Woz on multiple occasions. I have some bias here. Possibly my assumption was incorrectly based more on people who actually worked at Apple vs what the normal public thinks of when they hear “Scott” and “Woz” in the context of Apple.
- wat10000 8mo agoIt would make sense that people on the inside would be a lot more aware of him. Forstall was obviously a pretty big name in the community but not to the point of getting a shorthand name like that. And he was mostly forgotten pretty quickly after he left.
- OhMeadhbh 8mo agoThere would be no Scott were it not for Woz (or even Avi.)
- egoisticalgoat 8mo agoAs someone who never heard Steve Wozniak being called "Woz", Scott was the only Woz on my mind.
- samtheDamned 8mo agoSame here hahaha