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When Jobs represented himself as an engineer but really got Wozniak to do work for him and then didn't even share the bonus earned by his work, where on your IP scale does that lie?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game)

"The original deadline was met after Wozniak did not sleep for four days straight. This equated to a bonus, which Jobs kept secret from Wozniak, instead only paying him $375"



Obviously that was a rotten thing to do, and it hurt their relationship in a major way.

However, that incident was an exception, not the rule. You literally can't become fabulously wealthy and keep it long-term by cheating people. (Bernie Madoff is penniless, and in jail.)

For evidence, I submit the wider context. Without Jobs, Woz would now be a retired HP engineer. No Apple, no IPO, no hundreds of millions. (And of course the reverse is true: no Woz, no Apple.) None of those original Apple IPO millionaires, nor any of the people that made it big the second time around, are complaining of "exploitation."


There was a bit more cheating going on in the financial crisis than Bernie. Where are they?

I agree with the spirit of your comment, but it's certainly possible to become fabulously wealthy, cheat people, and keep it.


You literally can't become fabulously wealthy and keep it long-term by cheating people.

L. Ron Hubbard?


I wasn't talking about exploitation. I was talking about respect for intellectual property, a topic you brought up.




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