19 Jun
2000
19 Jun
'00
2:42 p.m.
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)