The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Apr 23 11:26:23 1999

> > It wasn't a money issue, they were functionally worthless to all but a
> > handfull of people due to lack of game software.
> Ah therein lies the standard. Lunar lander was not good software and
> nothing short being able to run simcity or Doom qualifies as a computer
> worthy of the moniker "personal computer"/
> This is crap!

Ah, but therein lies the key issue of subjectivity. ALMOST everyone has
"standards of usability", and considers that the "unusable" predecessors
"don't count" towards being "FIRST". For some it's PRICE; for some it's
internal characteristics; but for MOST, it's the ability to run the
software that that user thinks is significant.
Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 11:26:23 BST