Brian Bagnell's book is a great read, worth the 9 bucks (as much as I hate kindle - I converted it to Ebook - Take THAT Amazon)
On the edge: the spectacular rise and fall of Commodore
I should read it, I know I should but I just can't help reading Lovecraftian horror instead.
It's a strange thing though, I notice a lot of IT companies start off with some clever people who are idealistic and not overly concerned with making cash. They just end up as evil corporations when they start selling shares and are driven by keeping the short term interests of those shareholders happy. Let's face it, some of them even get arrogant enough to then sack the guys who started it. It's sad when such a company looses it's Jobs...
....hold on this is sounding familiar, but then this is an Apple thread.
