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The early Apples were not that closed. There were many third party peripherals available. And you didn't have to use Apple-brand floppy disks.
by throwaway201103 6y ago
The early Apples were not that closed. There were many third party peripherals available. And you didn't have to use Apple-brand floppy disks.
- vidarh 6y agoAnd they got close to failing anyway. Apple survived in part by lasting long enough for there to be a consumer market for whom openness was irrelevant but who were willing to pay a huge premium for design.
- ido 6y agoI think the parent is talking about the Apple II and you are talking about early Macs?
- vidarh 6y agoMy comment was more of an additional reason (on top of the openness of their earlier computers) for why arguing that closed systems didn't stop Apple is not a great argument. Apple got incredibly close to failing. Had it not been for Microsoft's investment they very well might have. Their closed approach took a long time to start paying off, and so using Apple as an example for why DEC's closed approach wasn't a problem doesn't really add up.