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Figure 10.5: Steve Jobs (with a blue box) and Steve Wozniak in 1975.
The photo is reproduced with permission of woz.org. The photo was
taken by Margaret Wozniak, Steve's mother. Thanks to Alan Luckow
of woz.org for the information.
According to
Forbes
magazine, he is the richest person in the world, and Mi-
crosoft is the world's largest and best-known software manufacturer. The com-
pany was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1975 by Gates and Allen to
develop and sell BASIC interpreters under the company name
Micro-soft
.
Jobs and Wozniak
: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are the co-founders of
Apple Computer (1976), with the immensely popular Macintosh PC. Wozniak
is also known for his construction of devices, called
blue boxes
, for use in making
free telephone calls, called
phone phreaking
today.
Currently, Jobs is CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar, while Wozniak is
Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Wheels of Zeus (wOz), which is an organi-
zation, based in Los Gatos, California, that has produced a wireless platform
designed as a communications tool for both commercial and individual con-
sumption. In January of 2004, it was announced that Motorola plans to employ
the wOz platform in aspects of their wireless technology. In fact, Wozniak
prefers the nickname
WOZ
. Also, Jobs co-founded Pixar, the animation studio
responsible for such academy-award winners as
Finding Nemo
(2003).
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