>, but what many don’t know is that he funded NeXT computer - Steve Jobs’ post-Apple venture Ross Perot also tried to buy an early Microsoft in 1979 when it on

>, but what many don’t know is that he funded NeXT computer - Steve Jobs’ post-Apple venture Ross Perot also tried to buy an early Microsoft in 1979 when it only had 28 employees: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920614&slug=1497096 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=199... Some accounts said one reason Ross Perot's enthusiastic investment in NeXT happened was because he regretted missing out on Microsoft and didn't want to repeat the same mistake.