“Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has posted a statement online in which he denied some of the comments attributed to him in an article I wrote recently,’ Peter Nowak reports for The New Zealand Herald. “In that statement, he suggests that I pushed him to make some of those comments, that I had an agenda in interviewing him, and that he feels used. I find Mr Wozniak’s response shocking as it is a serious attack – not only on my credibility, but also on that of the press in general. My only agenda in interviewing Mr Wozniak was to get his honestly-held thoughts on current events in technology, particularly in respect to the company he helped build.”
“Mr Wozniak did indeed make all the comments attributed to him, and he certainly was not pushed or used to accomplish any agenda, because one did not exist. I asked very open-ended questions – what was his opinion on Apple switching to Intel, what did he think about iPods, and where did he think Microsoft was heading? If anything, Mr. Wozniak steered the interview; any other questions I asked arose from where he took the conversation,” Nowak reports. “We are posting verbatim transcripts of the relevant sections of the interview, as well as an audio recording of the full interview, so that readers and listeners can decide for themselves whether Mr Wozniak was pushed or used. I recommend listening to the audio to hear the full context, flow and nuance of the conversation.”
Full article which includes the interview in MP3 format; duration 27:00; Size 9.27MB (which for some reason is ridiculously disclaimed “Requires Windows Media Player” – it does not require WMA to play) here.
MacDailyNews Take: Poor Woz. He ought to stop giving interviews about current day Apple and concentrate on Segway Polo and blank check companies. It’s nice to see they still have journalists in New Zealand at least.
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“I find Mr Wozniak’s response shocking as it is a serious attack – not only on my credibility, but also on that of the press in general.”
You mean to tell me journalists care about that sort of things these days?!
Holy MacBook, Batman!
What woz all this about? Woz it something I missed?
Coz I didn’t know there woz gonna be more talk about whatever this woz.
Geez, woz a guy gotta do to get some decent information around here? I mean, I woz under the impression that that’s what this site woz for!
Woz I wrong?
…after reading Chunky’s thread…
Somebody, anybody, for the love of God please tell me it’s Friday!
Hehehe! Woz got pwned!
TURD,
Why are you so angry? What’s the point of being so sarcastic towards journalists? They’re not all part of that conspiracy that you seem to be afraid of.
This is why people like Harrison Ford hate interviews, it’s because interviewers love “digging dirt”. They want you to reveal your opinions, especially if its against something or someone(controversial). You say something casually, and the interviewer uses it as a headline.
I said this the last time this incident was mentioned – Woz isn’t operating with a full deck of cards. There have been numerous instances of remarks that I have read from him that give me the impression that he’s not all there. I love what Woz contributed to the computer community, the Mac and society in general all those years ago – but he’s really flaky. Get mad as you want at my comments, but most of his comments have struck me as more than a tad odd.
For whatever its worth…
Turd- “You mean to tell me journalists care about that sort of things these days?!”
I don’t know why people are so blind when it comes to the jobs of journalists… when it seems like all they do is spend their time on sites like these.
A journalist gets his feelings hurt?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Now that i’ve heard the audio, it’s not THAT bad. He’s just talking (out his ass). Woz doesn’t run Apple so whatever.
I used to think Turd woz a good guy.
Guess I woz wrong.
The standard of journalism keeps going south if you know what I mean, south, like New Zealand, get it? HA ha ha…
…after reading Chunky’s thread…
Somebody, anybody, for the love of God please tell me it’s Friday!
err……. its saturday in new zealand…………. sorry
Stop it, Chunky, just stop it!!
You are about as bad as Ampar!
But you know it’s all good; I got nothin’ but love, baby!
Woz: “We’re a computer company, we really think computers.”
Ummm……. am I missing something here?
Woz has to learn how to speak to the press that’s all.
Of course he’s needs to learn another thing, when to just shut up and let people forget.
What? “Journalists” lack credibility? Come on! Surely you jest!
This is why I always bring my own video crew when I have interviews with “journalists”.
The media is 100% subjective. It really depends on who is asking questions, who is answering the questions and the type of questions being asked.
My father is a media professional and has been in several government positions in regards to information flow to the population and I know very well what happens when people write stories and how things are portrayed for the right people to believe the right things. I believe the journalist publishing the transcript and audio file of the interview is a saving grace for him, but the 200-300 other associated press newswires that picked up the story and bent it for their own demented desires are where the lack of quality control hurt both the journalist and Mr. Wozniak.
The damage is done, now all we can do is believe what we want to believe. Me personally, I believe he said / meant those things because frankly, the young idealistic people that start companies are never the same people after 20 years and 20 billion dollars. For example, Google doing evil in China just for money?!?!
Apple is trying to sell products just like any other hardware or software company and they do what they must to maintain sharholder value. I love their products so I buy them and don’t complain unless the products don’t work as advertized. Mr. Wozniak is right in ‘some’ regard to Apple becoming like the companies they swore never to be like; he was just being honest!
Organizations that I love but are becoming 800lbs gorillas {bordering on evil empires}, Apple, Google, Yahoo, Amazon, PETA, Reebok [Addidas], Mittal Steal, Blogger [Google], Skype [eBay], and a few more but you guys get my drift. The world is being eaten up by the same few investors who own everything and buy each others companies to solidify their power and control. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but look at Steve Jobs having dominant shares and input in 3 major entertainement, media, technology companies; Pixar, Disney and Apple. 1 man has icredible leverage over what we watch, listen to, how we utilize computer technology and the future of our consumption of the digital lifestyle. I truly hope he stays the cool, loveable guy I have come to appreciate and not become Vader or worse, the emperor himself…
Turd: Woz it something I said?
Rex: “This is why people like Harrison Ford hate interviews, it’s because interviewers love “digging dirt”. They want you to reveal your opinions, especially if its against something or someone(controversial). You say something casually, and the interviewer uses it as a headline.”
Duh! That’s why they call these things “interviews.” An interview is NOT a casual conversation, and anybody who thinks it is ought not speak to the press…
Woz has got nobody to blame for opening his mouth but himself.
Yawnnnnnn! where is the news?
Nuclear Kid, I couldn’t agree more.
I listened to the taped interview and found it interesting but couldn’t detect anything particularly
antagonistic on either side. The interviewer asked good questions and and got good answers. However, every time I hear Woz speak in public I can’t help thinking there’s something a little odd about Woz.
Reginald B. Goodridge, Jr.-
How the hell did you just lump Apple and PETA into the same group? PETA has been an evil empire for years! I never thought I’d see the day…
Next, Woz is going to say the audio was doctored.
Woz is just an odd duck geek. Nice guy I’m sure but he just marchs to the beat of a different iPod. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Actually, he talks more than my mother and that’s a lot.