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- From: eric@j30264293.reslife.cornell.edu (Eric L. Beyer)
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- In article <724267084.15019@zooid.guild.org> ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud) writes:
- > From: cmcurtin@bluemoon.use.com (Matthew Curtin)
- > >
- > > . . .
- > >To cite just one example, let me remind you of Steve Wozniak. He created
- > >the Apple II computer, which gave birth to the "computer revolution",
- > >bringing computers to everyone. The Apple II was the first "open system,"
- > >a term which we hear a lot about nowadays. I doubt that anyone would argue
- > >that Woz was crucial in helping make the computer industry what it is
- > >today. Yet, in getting experience which no doubt helped him create the
- > >Apple II, he had a friend help him to sneak into the Sylvania company to
- > > . . .
- >
- > Actually the Apple II wasn't the first open system. All of the Altair/S-100
- > type machines that came out in the two years before the Apple II were open
- > systems.
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- It's very hard to give the credit for any revolution to a single person.
- If wasn't for Apple, it would only have been a matter of time before others
- did the same exact thing. The technology as a whole had advanced to a point
- where the "computer revolution" was inevitable.
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- Eric L. Beyer
- Proud owner of his rusty A500
- Paper pusher of Solaris Devlopment Group
- (elb1@cornell.edu)
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