This page summarizes pretty much everything relating to Apple in the past 3 decades (including historical events of IBM, Microsoft, and NeXT) in choronological order with fairly accurate dates. For more information do yourself a favor and read Owen Linzmayer's excellent Mac Bathroom Reader, with detailed accounts of all the events mentioned below from the people who actually experienced it.
http://www.pegasus3d.com/mac_timeline.html
This page summarizes pretty much everything relating to Apple in the past 3 decades (including historical events of IBM, Microsoft, and NeXT) in choronological order with fairly accurate dates


The wealth debate...Apple, Microsoft, and Linux...and virtually all the information you will ever need...

http://www.jmusheneaux.com/index11.htm#Gates
index11.htm


The History of Apple...again...and the ' secret agreement '...
Apple and Microsoft entered into a secret agreement. This agreement granted Microsoft a license to use the windows and icons in the development of version 1.0. In exchange, Microsoft agreed to develop software for the Macintosh platform. [Richmond Law Journal, 10 April 1995]
http://www-db.stanford.edu/pub/voy/m...5-appleBU.html
1-5-appleBU.html



But let's not leave out Billy-Bob...comes with some pictures of the early stuff...

http://www.voteview.com/gates.htm
William H. Gates IV Page