At least he didn't buy silver, at the Jan. 1980 price his $800 would now be worth $320. The fact is that everyone has shoulda' coulda' woulda' stories so they don't matter. What does matter is what we've learned and what we do now.
“everyone has shoulda’ coulda’ woulda’ stories “
I had never read about him before so I went to Wikipedia. Interesting. It was actually pretty sound reasoning for him selling his stake. He was older and more established and had more to lose. In a partnership you can end up having to pay the debts the others incur. He had more to lose and only had a short time invested in Apple.