Review of Apple Confidential: The Real Story of Apple Computer, Inc.

From: George Currie <g_at_kurico.com>
Date: Mon Jun 19 13:42:18 2000

IIRC this fact is also mentioned in the "Mac Bathroom Reader".
Another great book for Apple/Mac fans.

George

> On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Phil Guerney wrote:
>
> > Sellam said in his VCF site review of this book:
> >
> > "You first realize this is not just another book about Apple when it
> > begins with an Apple factoid that even I (a lifelong Apple fanatic)
> > didn't even know about. It reveals that Apple actually had one other
> > founder besides the two Steves, a man by the name of Ronald Wayne
> > who got cold feet and bailed out shortly after Apple's official
> > founding (he's the guy who designed the logo of Newton sitting under
> > the Apple tree on the Apple-1 manual)."
> >
> > Poor Ron Wayne, who sold out his 10% of the company for $500, is
> > missing from all the Apple company stories that I have read, but his
> > involvement is described well in Fire in the Valley by Freiberger
> > and Swaine on pages 265-267 of the updated version that came out
> > this year.
>
> There's no mention of him in the original edition. For his part,
> according to the book, he claims he doesn't regret the decision :)
>
> (considering the circumstances it quite plausible)
Received on Mon Jun 19 2000 - 13:42:18 BST

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