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Dave Winer rewrites the history of the PC

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

From Dave Winer’s iPad review: “IBM didn’t try to turn the world upside-down with the PC in 1981, however, in 1984, they did, with the PC jr, and failed.” This is actually almost the inverse of the truth. Don Estridge, … Continue reading →

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Daring Fireball’s wishful thinking

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

I totally understand where John Gruber is coming from with his post on “The OS Opportunity“. The problem is that there’s a whole lot of wishful thinking in there. First of all, go read John’s post. Rather than try and … Continue reading →

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