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ghshephard on Oct 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Full Walter Isaacson/Steve Jobs Interview From...

Well, except for the fact that the blue box Woz and Jobs built in 1971 were tested using a frequency counter built by Steve Jobs in prior years.

Maybe building a frequency counter is something that your average non-technical teenager does these days - but I have to believe it was a little more rarified in 1971.

Just because Jobs wasn't as elite a hacker as Woz, doesn't classify him as non-technical.

nirvana on Oct 24, 2011 [–]

Also, it's not a zero sum game. We don't have to denigrate anyone to recognize the skills of someone else.

Revering Jobs for what he did, does not in any way diminish the contributions of Woz or Dennis Ritchie or dozens of others.

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