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> It's as if Walt Disney had been separated from his eponymous empire Hmmm, I guess they don't know how hard Disney screwed his best friend Ub Iwerks. In the
by jasonm23 12y ago
> It's as if Walt Disney had been separated from his eponymous empire
Hmmm, I guess they don't know how hard Disney screwed his best friend Ub Iwerks.
In the end it's business acumen that wins these battles, a bitter pill to swallow, perhaps, for the true believer in skill and talent winning through.
- orionblastar 12y agoLike in early Apple, Steve Wozniak did most of the work, Steve Jobs took most of the credit for the work. Like in early Microsoft Paul Allen did most of the work that Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer took credit for. I think when Paul Allen got sick, they tried to screw him out of his stock, but he got it back and sold some of it to invest in other companies. I think after Steve Wozniak left Apple, he got rights to the original Apple 1 IP and allowed them to build a Replica 1 based on it: http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?cat=17 http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?cat=17 But yes most billion dollar empires have leaders that screwed over or tried to screw over their friends for more money. Mark Zuckerberg stole code and had to pay $20M to twin developers, but only paid after the billions he made in the IPO of Facebook. By then $20M was chump change. But society, history, does not keep track of the backstabbings, only the successes.
- jasonm23 12y agoWe keep track, it's just not on the front pages of the daily rags.
- orionblastar 12y agoNot on the front page of Hacker News either and usually flagkilled.