I highly recommend his autobiography (linked in the article)-- No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War. I picked it up on a whim once, having never heard of the story, and was blown away by it.
This move is not about games but about iads. (funny side note: iPad insists on spelling that as aids, ouch) apple is pushing htm5 because it will be an essential component of apple's next money-making machine: advertising. And html5 is a great match for advertising: html5 may not be ready for hardcore gaming, but chucking a few banner ads at the peplum, no problem!
