So We Went To Atari And Said, 'Hey, We've Got This Amazing Thing, Even Built With Some Of Your Parts, And What Do You Think About Funding Us?

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"So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing
thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think
about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do
it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said,
'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we
don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'" --Apple
Computer Inc. founder Steve Jobs on attempts to get Atari and H-P
interested in his and Steve Wozniak's personal computer.

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