He was an apple employee at the beginning. Offered stock, held out for the cash...probably a little bitter. He said this in his triumph of the Nerds documentary (quite good), and its repeated in wired.
"He worked with Steve Jobs in the early days of Apple, and when Jobs offered him shares in the company as payment, Cringely held out for payment at $6 an hour. "Let's not think about that," he says.
"He worked with Steve Jobs in the early days of Apple, and when Jobs offered him shares in the company as payment, Cringely held out for payment at $6 an hour. "Let's not think about that," he says.
http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/6.12/cringely_pr.html