Re: I'm at a loss for words

[johnlb@primenet.com (John Bowling)]

smentzer@pacbell.net said:
> The apple // only made it as far as it did because it was poised as a
> "home" computer.. PROOF: take a look at the number of spreadsheet, word
> processing and database products compared to the number of games
> available.  case closed.

In reality, Visicalc made sales of the Apple // skyrocket, and it was
businesses that were buying them.  Visicalc became the first "best seller"
software, followed later by AppleWorks which sold more copies per year
than Visicalc's successors and all other software packages on IBM for
several years (at least 5) in a row.

John


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