Cadillac ad credits Woz with inventing the personal computer

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Steve Wozniak made an appearance at the Oscars. Photo: Cadillac
Steve Wozniak made an appearance at the Oscars. Photo: Cadillac

Martin Scorsese’s iPad ad wasn’t the only Apple-related spot at last night’s Oscars. In addition, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak popped up in an advert for Cadillac, in which he was described as “a college dropout [who invented] the personal computer.”

Selective history notwithstanding (the Programma 101, Micral N and Altair all have claims to being the first personal computers, while the Commodore PET was the first mass-market model), the ad is particularly interesting given the recent news about a possible Apple Car.

Check out the ad after the jump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGhaOV0BPmA

The commercial also includes fashion designer Jason Wu, American biologist Anne Wojcicki, entrepreneur Njeri Rionge, and Boyhood director Richard Linklater. Building on Cadillac’s current “Dare Greatly” ad campaign, the minute-long ad features Edith Piaf’s iconic song “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” (No, I Regret Nothing), and boasts an appearance by the 2016 Cadillac CT6 flagship sedan, which Cadillac will officially unveil at the New York International Auto Show on March 31.

As a great fan of Woz, it’s fantastic to see him praised as such a different-thinking innovator on a widely-viewed show like the Academy Awards.

With that said, given his love of Tesla cars, wouldn’t it be kind of ironic to see him turn around and give the money from his Caddy paycheck to Elon Musk?

Source: GMAuthority

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