Steve Jobs came running and said, 'Quick, must hide the Porsche' "

Years since the death of Steve Jobs, his friends agreed to share amazing stories about the man who changed the world of technology
Steve Jobs passed away last year (Photo: AP, Paul Sakuma)
We know a lot about Steve Jobs, thanks correctness in his later years his biographer share stories about what inspired him to co-found Apple, and re-invent the personal computer, the music players, smartphones and tablets to. But there are tales of "Steve" Many have not yet heard, and on the anniversary of his death at the age of 56, which falls tomorrow, shared a few friends and colleagues their memories of the life of one of the great vision of the technology industry.


"Quick, hide the Porsche"

Jobs in his youth - made millions, but hid the potential investor Porsche
Software Engineer Randy Adams initially refused his offer of Steve Jobs to work at NeXT, the computer company Jobs founded after removal from Apple. The year was 1985. Adams was not ready to return to work after he sold the company to distribute its groundbreaking desktop software. A few days later Jobs's voice on the answering machine of Adams. "You missed it, Randy. This is an opportunity of a lifetime, and you miss it." Adams reconsidered.
Adams used some of the cash earned from the sale of his company and bought a Porsche 911 at the same time that Jobs bought one. To avoid M"dficot "doors are parked next to each other - and shared three parking spaces. One day rushed Jobs Adams's cell and told him they needed to move the cars.
"I said, 'Why?' And he said, 'Randy, we must hide the Porsche. Ross Perot comes, is considering investing in the company, and we do not want him to think that we have a lot of money." They moved the cars to the rear of NeXT offices in Palo Alto, California, and Perot invested $ 20 million in the company in 1987 and took a seat on the board.

The man that made Bill Gates to wait an hour in the lobby

Jobs and Gates - decades of rivalry
Adams also remember the time when Bill Gates appeared for a meeting at NeXT. It was the autumn of 1986. Lower lobby receptionist called Jobs, his cell was up to inform him that Gates is in the lobby. "I could see him sitting in his cell, not really busy., But he did not get up and invited Gates to rise. Fact, he gave him to wait in the lobby while.'s Teaching on the rivalry between them."
NeXT engineers, says Adams, took the opportunity to come down and flood the Gates questions. "We enjoyed it and we spent an hour talking with him, until Steve called him to the end."
According to Adams, he has many memories of those days Jobs at NeXT - How Jobs, vegetarian, passed by the engineers who enjoyed sandwiches H"sabowei their "and remarked," Oh, the smell of burning animal flesh. Few delightful. " Jobs in 1986 dressed as Santa Claus and handed out $ 100 bills to employees. Adams also tells that Jobs has always been evacuated employees who flopped or did something he did not like and tell them "Petro yourself." Is Jobs was serious? "If you have not received notice of termination, your job, did you know he was only joking."