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| (...) What demand? Intel and MS _created_ much of todays' demand for computing. They did this to make money. Why do you think another software company other than MS would have been any better? I know you're intelligent, so I'm not prepared to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Much as I would like to believe that sometimes IBM and MS are capable of creating something (1), this is one thing they simply grabbed and ran with. The *need* was already there; they simply told consumers that the *want* was there, only a few (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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