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Old August 8, 2002, 10:56 PM
Marye
 
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Default Yup! And . . .
Mac's other stubbornness also helped the PC world.

They never licensed their hardware specs to OEMs, effectively preventing any "el cheapo" spreading.

Interesting note: The company I worked for "standardized" on the Victor as the personal computer of choice. I don't know what OS it was running - maybe CP/M.

The juicy bit is that just after the memo went out announcing the choice - maybe a week later - IBM introduced it's first machine.

Talk about egg on the face!

Jeez! Dien. I bet you remember when a cassette tape backup was a big deal!
 

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