And almost 10 years later, in 2006, Jobs sent the following note to his employees:

"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. Stocks go up and down, and things may be different tomorrow, but I thought it was worth a moment of reflection today. Steve."

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/technology/16apple.html?pa...