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Steve Jobs Giving the Finger to IBM [Image]

Posted December 30, 2011 at 3:55pm by iClarified · 45748 views
Andy Hertzfeld, a member of the original Apple Macintosh development team and the designer behind Google+ Circles, has posted a rare photo of Steve Jobs giving the finger to IBM.

In memoriam for Steve Jobs as 2011 draws to a close, here's one more rare photo that illustrates his rebellious spirit. In December 1983, a few weeks before the Mac launch, we made a quick trip to New York City to meet with Newsweek, who was considering doing a cover story on the Mac. The photo was taken spontaneously as we walked around Manhattan by Jean Pigozzi, a wild French jet setter who was hanging out with us at the time. Somehow I ended up with a copy of it. My editor begged me to include it in my book, but I was too timid to ask for permission, especially since IBM was still making CPUs for Apple at the time.

Check out the photo below...