Re: PC or Mac?

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <3c5c012d_4@news3.prserv.net>,
Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>"Matthew Russotto" <russotto@grace.speakeasy.net> wrote in message
>u5ldr9itgqhg9a@corp.supernews.com">news:u5ldr9itgqhg9a@corp.supernews.com...
>> >In turn, Apple has borrowed some other ideas because they were
>> >good:  expansion slots (missing in early Mac's),
>>
>> The idea was "borrowed" from the S-100 machines, if that.
>
>If I recall correctly, the IBM-PC development group recognized the value of
>the Apple II's open system and intentionally mimicked it as the best way to
>achieve market penetration.

It's amazing how similar IBM-PC and Apple II motherboards look at first
glance.

>I often thought that Apple alienated a LOT of
>Apple II users with their early closed architecture. By the time Apple
>recognized its mistake (after Jobs left? It's well known how much he hated
>open architectures) irreversible market chare damage had been done.

Well, if Apple had come out with the Mac II in 1984 instead of 1987, it
would have been great. 
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