Well, the Macintosh team certainly thought they were. There's a YT video about General Magic that tries to paint them that way, and they thought of themselves

Well, the Macintosh team certainly thought they were. There's a YT video about General Magic that tries to paint them that way, and they thought of themselves that way at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQymn5flcek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQymn5flcek Take it all with a grain of salt.