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The headline on the article (and the <title> tag, from what I can see) is "The 20KB Computer Program That Changed The World"; the title used here seems like it'
by chipotle_coyote 5y ago
The headline on the article (and the <title> tag, from what I can see) is "The 20KB Computer Program That Changed The World"; the title used here seems like it's deliberately reaching for an anti-Apple spin. I mean, WordPerfect absolutely sold hundreds of thousands of DOS computers, but "Microsoft's early success stemmed from a [insert size of WordPerfect] program they didn't make" would...raise eyebrows, wouldn't it?
- StevePerkins 5y agoYes, the title is clickbait. But there has been endless snide commentary over the past 4-5 decades about Excel and Word being ripoffs of other companies' inventions. Hell, Microsoft famously didn't develop MS-DOS!
- rylandking 5y agoDOS = disk operating system for anyone curious
- gamache 5y agodisk = an obsolete long-term storage medium, in case anyone was wondering
- ep103 5y agostorage medium = what people used before we all ascended to the cloud, in case anyone was wondering
- smoldesu 5y agowondering = what we used to do before the internet, if anyone was curious
- diogenesjunior 5y agoHN is not turning into reddit at all.
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- laumars 5y agoWouldn’t that be DOSFAC?
- chipotle_coyote 5y agoTrue, true. (Although I'm not sure if Excel and Word are ripoffs except to the degree that word processors and spreadsheets already existed.)
- amelius 5y agoI wonder what the amount of manpower is today, outside of Apple, that boosts Apple sales. Are there more people working "for" Apple than there are people working for Apple?