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acomjean • today at 2:24 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Sad.

Early employee at Apple who was offered to be paid in stock. He “held out for the cash”.

I really like the triumph of the nerds series. Getting bill Gates, Balmer, Jobs and those IBMers to explain how it all came together and how MS who didn’t have an OS ended up getting one to sell to IBM.

The transcripts are a good

https://www.pbs.org/nerds/transcript.html


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tuna74 • today at 6:33 PM

He just lied about that.

xhkkffbf • today at 3:05 PM

He traded early Apple stock for cash? Oh, there aren't many acts so foolish in hindsight.

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