This is a very typical Woz story. A reporter asks Woz a hypothetical question. Woz gives an honest answer. Reporter ignores the statistical insignificance of the hypothetical scenario and reports result as if it has 100% probability of happening.<p>This happens to many great thinkers.<p>Obligatory made-up scenario:<p>Reporter: "If you were in a plane crash in the Andes and the only food you could find was bodies of dead passengers would you eat them?"<p>Thinker: "Hmm.. interesting hypothetical scenario. It is of course impossible to know what anyone would do in such a situation without experiencing it, but it is obvious that the logical thing to do is to eat the bodies so you can be strong enough to seek help. Whether I personally could eat a human is not yet proven."<p>Reporter: "Cannibal!!!"
"In this episode, while investigating the 75 year old wreck of a Federation transport vessel, the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D crew discovers the former Chief Engineer of the Constitution class starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701, Montgomery Scott (James Doohan), alive in a transporter buffer. After being cleared by Dr. Crusher, Scott is eager to see the advances in technology including a tour of the Engineering deck, but quickly finds that his old knowledge has long been surpassed and his efforts to help are instead getting in the way of normal operations..."<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relics_%28Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relics_%28Star_Trek:_The_Next_G...</a>
I'm impressed to see a news article about Apple actually list Ronald Wayne as one of the original founders.<p>He might be the fifth Beatle in some ways, but he was there at the start.
Where I think Woz would be a good fit for Apple would be speaking on college campuses and indirectly recruting the best talent for Apple.<p>But the biggest challenge would be for him to stay on message. First time he disagreed with Jobs in public as an Apple employee it would be very awkward. For that reason alone I don't think it would ever happen.<p>Woz is going to be the commencement speaker on May 6th at my alma mater, Michigan State University. They're planning a livestream of his commencement address and I will post the URL on here as soon as I receive it.
Woz went back once before, and at one point his manager actually gave him a bad review. Good thing it was pre-internet, or the mgr would never live it down.
In a number of ways I think Woz actually seems like an interesting fit for Microsoft, in terms of compatibility of culture and bringing values to the table that could move the business forward.<p>I'd be quicker to buy stock in Microsoft if Woz were signing on, than I would Apple.