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A Bay Area historical commission on Monday unanimously voted to turn Steve Jobs' childhood home into a historical site. The decision by the Los Altos Historical Commission gives protected status to the single-story, ranch house where Jobs and his foster parents moved in 1968.

Commission members said the home is of historical significance, especially the garage, where Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the first 50 Apple 1 computers in 1976.

The first partnership for what was called "Apple Computer Co." was established at the Crist Drive home before the company relocated to Cupertino.

Jobs' stepmother, Marilyn Jobs, still lives in the home.

Tourists stop by on a weekly basis to take pictures, and the goal of the historical designation is to preserve the home as it looked in the 1970s.​

Source: NBC Bay Area

 

[Trickster]

Does anyone live there now?
Edit - guess steve's step mom still lives in the house.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Pretty cool being an Android/Windows guy. Where the birth of a revolution was born.

 

[Red Liquorice]

Unnecessary.

 

[wenis]

He was basically a white Jesus.

 

[General Patton]

Very cool. I'd stop and have a look if I was in the area.

 

[ElbowRocket]

He was basically a white Jesus.

Just like in the story books

 

[Jenga]

"here he learned to cry whenever he didn't get what he wanted"

 

[Mohonky]

I have to ask....why? I dont understand how he will be considered significant in future generations.

 

[demon]

Are people really going to give a shit about Steve Jobs 25 years from now?

 

[WARP10CK]

I have to ask....why? I dont understand how he will be considered significant in future generations.

He is considered the founder of the personal computer industry and without him and apple the computer industry would be quite different, and even though I am a windows user I still believe he changed the way people used computers.

 

[aku:jiki]

Even if Jobs goes down in history as a significant contributor to the tech world, I don't feel like his home is that significant. Yeah, they did early work out of that garage but exactly where they did it really isn't important at all. This just feels like an oddly fanboyish idea, like this entire council are the kind of person who has an iPhone, a Macbook, an Apple router, Apple cables, Apple mousemats, Apple cutlery and Apple beer coasters.

 

[The Mana Legend]

Are people really going to give a shit about Steve Jobs 25 years from now?

They'll turn that Ashton Kutcher movie into the new Bible.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Are people really going to give a shit about Steve Jobs 25 years from now?

Will we still have Macs, iPods, and iPhones? Then yes.

 

[pje122]

Are people really going to give a shit about Steve Jobs 25 years from now?

Let's hope not.

 

[Jenga]

Will we still have Macs, iPods, and iPhones? Then yes.

Are we gonna have i-anythings in 25 years? Anyone under 20 has trouble understanding any of the good simpsons jokes.

 

[demon]

Will we still have Macs, iPods, and iPhones? Then yes.

"Hey this iPhone27(S) is pretty sweet, let's go visit the childhood home of the guy who invented the original!" I just don't know if I see it. The guy didn't discover electricity or invent the computer.

 

[WorriedCitizen]

Seems kinda odd for us now but i think people in 100-200 years will appreciate that the place is still intact. Maybe he will not be world famous anymore by then but guys like him stay popular localy or regional at the minumum.
Like my hometown has some places and museums of second grade politicians and artists from the 18th, 19th century. Not many people have ever heard of them outside of town but for us locals it's still a nice window back into our town's history.

 

[Jenga]

"Hey this iPhone27(S) is pretty sweet, let's go visit the childhood home of the guy who invented the original!" I just don't know if I see it. The guy didn't discover electricity or invent the computer.

I'm willing to bet THE WOZ will become more popular when he dies, simply because he's the underdog in the whole Apple story.