Subj : Re: Halt and Catch Fire
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu May 05 2022 09:26:21

  Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Moondog on Wed May 04 2022 07:10 am

 PF> I think of the stories of Steve Wozniak approaching his employer
 PF> (Hewlett Packard) to notify them that he'd created the Apple while
 PF> under a work product agreement and HP had first right to his IP. They
 PF> passed on it.

I remember the scene in "Pirates of Silicon Valley" showing Steve Wozniak bringing their early Apple computer to his manager at HP, and the reasoning for HP passing on it was along the lines of "what would people at home want with a computer?"

Nightfox

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