Apple co-founder accuses Jobs on NeXT purchase

Did Mr Steve Jobs, one of Apple Computer's founders, take financial advantage of the company he again leads? It sounds outrageous…

Did Mr Steve Jobs, one of Apple Computer's founders, take financial advantage of the company he again leads? It sounds outrageous but that is what another Apple founder and long-time Jobs friend suggests in a recent online interview. Mr Steve Wozniak recently told News.Com, one of the Web's leading industry news sites, that the $430 million Apple paid for Mr Jobs' NeXT Software was too much. Mr Wozniak told News.Com that former Apple chief executive Gilbert Amelio might have been "taken" when he negotiated the purchase of NeXT.

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