[LINK] Interesting quote from Steve Jobs...

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Fri Jan 29 13:17:38 AEDT 2010


Ivan Trundle wrote:
> On 29/01/2010, at 12:44 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> 
>> I probably should know but don't - what was
>> revolutionary about the Apple II?
> 
> Most say it 'ignited' the personal computer revolution in 1977 (the word 'ignited' is most often used, for some peculiar reason of human semantics and memory).
> 
<snip>

Ignited is a good word, for the Apple. 
As credit for the PC revolution has to 
go the Bill Gates and Microsoft. The 
paradigm shift was licensing an 
operating system to IBM....and everyone 
else.

Marghanita
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