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Article #33014Re: The computer as a medium (was Re: Computers in education)
From: Larry Rosenstein
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1988 16:18
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1988 16:18
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In article <3488@cs.utexas.edu> kelvin@cs.utexas.edu (Kelvin Thompson) writes:
>to go -- no week-long training courses, no agonies of cables,
>screwdrivers, and manuals. What exactly did Jobs screw up, given
>the technological and marketing limitations of the time?
Two comments attributed to Alan Kay were:
(1) The Macintosh was like a Honda with a 1-gallon gas tank. (In reference
to the 128K model.)
(2) The Macintosh was the first personal computer worth criticizing.
Larry Rosenstein, Object Specialist
Apple Computer, Inc. 20525 Mariani Ave, MS 46-B Cupertino, CA 95014
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!rutgers!apple!lsr From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: The computer as a medium (was Re: Computers in education) Message-ID: <18396@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 7 Oct 88 16:18:05 GMT References: <5190@juniper.uucp> <5193@juniper.uucp> <5207@juniper.uucp> <5213@juniper.uucp> <3488@cs.utexas.edu> Organization: Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer Lines: 17