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Upgrade Presents: The Origin of Apple – Pixel Envy

The newest episode of “Upgrade” is a wonderful retelling of a very particular history (also available as a video): Jason and Myke tell the story of Apple’s origin. It emerged from the unique environment of the Santa Clara valley suburbs of the ’70s thanks to the particular genius of its two co-founders and some surprising […]

@pxlnv I was struck by a passage from the Pogue book. After the iMac was released, the Apple board of directors offered Jobs a million shares and six million options if he switched from interim to permanent CEO.

Jobs continued to refuse. “This is not about money. I have more money than I’ve ever wanted in my life.”