After the close of the stock market Friday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took advantage of his company’s recent good fortunes to have a laugh at the expense of Dell’s boss.
Shortly after Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, Dell’s founder and chairman, Michael Dell, was asked at a technology conference what he might do to fix Apple.
“What would I do?” Dell said. “I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.”
Apple’s stock price saw a 12 percent surge last week, which pushed the company’s market capitalization to $72.13 billion, passing Dell’s value of $71.97 billion.
On Friday, Jobs sent an email to Apple employees, which read: “Team, it turned out that Michael Dell wasn’t perfect at predicting the future. Based on today’s stock market close, Apple is worth more than Dell.
