[nopassrecover]

Not a bad point but he says: "Steve Jobs wanted to build a computer that could show the beautiful typography that he likes so much."

From what I've read this wasn't the purpose at all - he (or perhaps more Woz) liked the technology and so wanted to find a way to make a living making great technology.

[mariorz]

and I'm pretty sure Larry Page did not design pagerank to be used for ranking academic papers, it was for the web since the start. There was actually previous work on a similar ranking system for academic papers that was referenced in pagerank iirc.

[ig0rskee]

I wish I could call them up and ask, I stand corrected

[mariorz]

Well you can't call them but here is their paper on pagerank http://ilpubs.stanford.edu:8090/422/

There is a short mention of previous work done with academic citation analysis and there is also a bit at the end about the original purpose of the algorithm (displaying ranked backlinks.)

[hamidp]

The Woz didn't want anything but to own a computer. He couldn't afford one, so he designed them on paper, and then he found out that his designs are far superior to what was being sold. Then he sold some kits, and then he built the Apple I.

The brilliance of the man is astounding: http://www.foundersatwork.com/steve-wozniak.html