Re: Rewriting computing history...

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

"Byron Q. Desnoyers Winill" <byrondw@telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:<3DFFEB5E.44C2B9FA@telusplanet.net>...
> > At the bottom of their webpages and announcements they always refer to
> > the II.
> 
> Ah yes, the "Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s
> with the Apple II."  That is rewriting history in its own right.  My
> research suggests that a lot of people were coming up with similar ideas
> at the time.  Apple was simply the darling of the 'revolution' because
> they met with tremendous success.  But Apple is more concerned with
> their current product line, so they choose to highlight the Macintosh. 
> You see the same thing in any corporate history (IBM is notorious for this).

As if they deliberately "forget" the Altair in 1975.