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[Tim Ressel]

In the case of Apple, I believe they did indeed pay the karmic price for their
low-life ways. Consider: In 1984-5 Apple had the computing world in their
pocket. They had the ultimate small computer in the Macintosh. But then a series
of bone-headed decisions cost them everything. While they were busy keeping
hardware proprietary and costly, Mr. Gates snuck up and beat them at their own
game. The original Windows may have been a bit rough around the edges, but the
price was right i.e. it ran on machines we already had. And we could plug in
cards. And we could make cards to plug in. Just like the Apple II used to be.

Perhaps Roland will pay a similar price.

--Timster

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> I often wonder what would have happened if Jobs hadn't stole these ideas. It
> doesn't
> seem like Xerox would have done anything with them. And if Apple hadn't
> created the
> Mac, M$ would have never ripped them off and created Windows (which may be a
> good
> thing).
> 
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