chief executive officer Steve Jobs might rule the roost today, having created must-have devices such as the iPod and iPhone, but 32 years ago he was “young and relatively in-experienced in the high volume consumer electronics business.” The in Mountain View has posted copies of two early Apple Computer Inc. documents — the first business plan for the Macintosh computer and Apple’s first IPO plan — which give insight into Apple’s early days. In a statement that might make a modern reader chuckle, the 1977 IPO plan says, “Apple Computers’...
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