You couldn't dream up a better drama than the story of Apple computer. You've got the Horatio Alger story of two guys named Steve starting out in a garage and building a multi-billion dollar computer company virtually overnight. Of the two, one is an unassuming, lovable techie who by all accounts appears to be a genuinely good guy. Yet the company's astounding success proves difficult to maintain. The visionary finds himself ousted from the very company he helped to create, and leaves to start a new company in the hope that he can strike gold twice.
Years pass, and the company which began in a garage seems destined to return there.
A series of colossal business blunders, a parade of CEOs, a seemingly endless flow of red ink, and continual talk of buyouts and hostile takeovers now mark the company which once was an American business legend. The remarkable innovation for which the company had become famous has given way to indecision and ineptitude. The Horatio Alger story has become the tragic tale of the death of an American dream. It seems that he has regained the Midas touch which he had in his youth, and everything he touches turns to gold. Yet all is not well in the house of Apple.