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bolanrox t1_iydzwci wrote

Reply to comment by ElfMage83 in TIL Nolan Bushnell, the inventor of Pong and founder of Atari, also founded another company: Chuck E. Cheese by PresidentWeevil

Jobs then outsourced his work to Woz for less than half of the money he was getting.

Woz did the work because he found it fun more than anything

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8urnMeTwice t1_iyf8j6k wrote

And the game they made was Breakout right? I used to love that game

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SomewhatIntriguing t1_iye14ok wrote

Well that's the whole point of outsourcing, to make a profit.

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[deleted] t1_iyehe1z wrote

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Ahelex t1_iyexu0y wrote

Speaking of that story, Woz then also said that he would've done it for free gladly. He just hated that Jobs lied to him.

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