> allowed ... use a computer without obtaining a CS degree That was Apple, with a lot of help from Xerox. DOS/Windows was a usability disaster for a long time

> allowed ... use a computer without obtaining a CS degree That was Apple, with a lot of help from Xerox. DOS/Windows was a usability disaster for a long time for regular folks without an IT department. Remember CONFIG.SYS, IRQs, and ex{te,pa}nded memory?