Re: TIME's All-TIME 100 Gadgets. Apple II missing.

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"datajerk" <datajerk@gmail.com> wrote in message news:58db861e-
ce46-4ce1-b677-9dea2098cb09@30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... 
> It's not the end of the world.  Apple does have a number of 
> entries including 3 in the computing category.  Apple actually 
> was the only listed with more than one in that category. 
> Perhaps the Apple II (and the original Mac) was dropped in 
> order for the author to avoid looking like an Apple fanboy. 
>
> http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2023689,00.html 

Perhaps the list only includes those things that Peter Ha owns 
personally. Many times that is one's motivation for an article 
or a web site. I'm sure you'll agree. Not everyone is totally 
googley-eyed over the Apple II. Notice no Atari there, either. 

Bill