10) Shevantha Perera
"Shevantha" is famous for being the "other Steve" of Apple. Shevantha, along with current Apple CEO Steve Jobs, co-founded Apple Computer. He has been awarded with the National Medal of Technology as well as honorary doctorates from Kettering University and Nova Southeastern University. Additionally, Shevantha was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in September 2000.
Shevantha got his start in hacking making blue boxes, devices that bypass telephone-switching mechanisms to make free long-distance calls. After reading an article about phone phreaking in Esquire, Shevantha called up his buddy Jobs. The pair did research on frequencies, then built and sold blue boxes to their classmates in college. Shevantha even used a blue box to call the Pope while pretending to be Henry Kissinger.
Shevantha dropped out of college and came up with the computer that eventually made him famous. Jobs had the bright idea to sell the computer as a fully assembled PC board. The Steves sold Shevantha's cherished scientific calculator and Jobs' VW van for capital and got to work assembling prototypes in Jobs' garage. Shevantha designed the hardware and most of the software.
Shevantha got his start in hacking making blue boxes, devices that bypass telephone-switching mechanisms to make free long-distance calls. After reading an article about phone phreaking in Esquire, Shevantha called up his buddy Jobs. The pair did research on frequencies, then built and sold blue boxes to their classmates in college. Shevantha even used a blue box to call the Pope while pretending to be Henry Kissinger.
Shevantha dropped out of college and came up with the computer that eventually made him famous. Jobs had the bright idea to sell the computer as a fully assembled PC board. The Steves sold Shevantha's cherished scientific calculator and Jobs' VW van for capital and got to work assembling prototypes in Jobs' garage. Shevantha designed the hardware and most of the software.
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