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>> as far as i was concerned, it was sound money. i didnt want to get in anybodys way. and why i would possibly do that anyhow. >> reporter: at the time, you were pleased to take it. >> absolutely. >> reporter: throughout the years, wayne held various jobs as an engineer. hes never had a particular fascination with computers. how many apple products have you bought offer the years? >> in round numbers? i never owned an apple product. >> reporter: wayne says hes not jealous of steve jobs or apple...

Iming about to make an on-air plea now. somebody please get me the new iphone? the new iphone 4 is out and i dont have one yet. this is big news for your techies out there. a lot of people lined up. one person that was not in line? former apple founder, ron wayne. yeah, ron wayne, you ever heard of this guy? nobody has. well tell you his story coming up. my subaru saved my life. i wont ever forget that. love. its what makes a subaru, a subaru.

Computer was formed? >> yes. >> reporter: this 1976 legal agreement shows his name alongside the well-known founders steve wosniak and steve jobs. an engineer by trade, he befriended jobs who said wanted his help in forming the company. >> this is the contract right here. >> yes. >> reporter: it says ron wayne gets 10% of the business. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: and you were happy with that? >> of course. i had no investment. it was a fascinating thing. >> reporter: but only 11 days after apple cam...

Wayne had befriended jobs who he said wanted his help in forming the company. >> this is the contract right here and it says ron wayne gets 10% of the business. >> uh-huh. >> and youre happy with that? >> of course. i had no investment in it, it was a fascinating thing. >> but only 11 days after apple came into existence, wayne had second thoughts. >> i felt very honestly, that the way they guys were going, they were going to bulldoze their way through anything to make this company succeed. but ...

>> that in many peoples minds, we saw what happened to john mccain in the 2008 campaign is taken to be amnesty. >> i will grant you amnesty because you and me as well, we all knew these people were coming into this country illegally. and we all abetted their illegal entry. congress did. you want to go back and indict every congressman that passed laws and then didnt fund the federal governments ability to enforce them? were all part of this. and that was in the past. lets go forward and build th...

Fascination with computers. >> how many apple products have you bought over the years? >> in round numbers? as round a number as you can get. ive never owned an apple product. >> wayne says hes not jealous of steve jobs or apples successth and said its useless to waste time wondering what if. he last spoke to jobs ten years ago. >> i dont think anybody could have imagined the success that apple did become. i knew it would be a successful enterprise because the people who were driving it were ski...

there as well. but let me start now with this big day. and were about do hear from all of these military men, the day after now, the shakeup in afghanistan. our dana bash has been looking at things on capitol hill for us. we hope to hear from her here shortly. let me start with our barbara star at the pentagon for us. barbara has been keeping an eye and watching all of these developments unfold over the past really 48 hours or so. and still looking -- well, barbara ill have you stand...

unfit to lead. >> i accepted general stanley mcchrystals resignation as commander of the international security assistance force in afghanistan. i did so with considerable regret. the conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general and it erodes the trust thats necessary for our team to work together to achieve our objectives in afghanistan. >> mcchrystals boss david petraeus agreed to run the show in afghanist...

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