Steve Wozniak on jailbreaking, lawsuits and returning to Apple

Apple co - founder Steve Wozniak have to Slashdot on Monday to answer questions from readers on subject ranging from his feelings about Apple and iTunes , to his opinion on jailbreaking and lawsuits .

“ Apple ’s veridical rise from the little market - part Macintosh company to the iProducts of today begin with iTunes and the iPod , ” write Woz when require how he feel about Apple . “ This move around out to be a 2ndhuge business which roughly doubled Apple ’s ‘ size ’ . If you remember , we ported iTunes to Windows . We now address 100 % of the man ’s market with this integrated organization and it begin the era of Apple that we are now in . So why did n’t we port iTunes to Android ? Did something get close up ? I love Apple products and iTunes and wish it were on my Android products too . ”

Wozniak also comment on the numerous lawsuits that Apple has been involve in . “ I like that or else of all these lawsuits Apple was sit down and cross - licensing with the other role player . They have come up with some very good features without elaborate the UI , ” he tell . “ affair like decoration swipe to take a filmdom snapshot . I would like my iPhone to be the best it could , even if someone else did some of the things first . ”

When ask how Apple can outlast without Steve Jobs , Woz answer : “ We did go through a period of introducing a lot of key younger talent when Steve Jobs returned . One suggestion is that we look at doing that again . ” Perhaps Simon Cowell will be capable to aid with that one .

“ I conceive that you could create the most innovative products even when they are undetermined . But I could be wrong , ” said Woz when asked about his legal opinion on closed versus open engineering . “ Open product run to seem more complex . I intimate that perhaps 80 % of us or more are technophobes and scared to admit how small we know . I ’m thinking of our mammy and dads a lot in this cerebration . Apple is the safest oasis for them not to get confuse . ”

“ I have always give my backup to the prisonbreak biotic community because they remind me of myself when I adjoin Steve Jobs and how we were , then and for the long time leading to Apple , ” Woz said . Read : Pros and Cons of jailbreaking an iPhoneandHow to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad

“ As an Apple shareholder , what matters is not sales or mart contribution . It ’s profitability , ” Woz explained . “ Apple seems to stand alone in profit market - share . So the course they are taking is a good one . It ’s backbreaking to reckon whether profits would be greater or lesser under hypothetical scenarios . ”

When asked whether he would consider returning to Apple , Woz reply : “ Apple is very complex . I wish personal simplicity . I wish to do what I ’m good at , which is enjoying technology . I do n’t frankly feel I could do better than anyone reading this at a role in Apple . Jobs had the drive to run things and influence things . If there was something for sure where I ’d be a swell help to Apple , I ’d be there in an instant , as Apple is # 1 in my marrow . ”

To read more of Woz ’s answer , visit Slashdot’sAsk Steve Wozniak Anythingpage .