It's the way in which the packaging effects the convenience of a given use.
The "toy" makes it easy to use as a game machine, in most cases, while the
"computer" makes it more convenient to compute. Never mind the fact that,
viewed from the inside, there's not a nickel's worth of difference.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)
> > > You clearly believe that 'toy' and 'computer' are mutually exclusive. I
> > > do not.
>
> > That was very much a valid distinction in 1980, but because
microelectronics
> > applied to the toy market are as valid and "real" an application asn any
> > other, it's no longer the case.
>
> So why do *you* bother drawing a distinction between the two if toys are a
> valid use? A computer is a computer, no matter what it's used for, right?
>
> --
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> -- I use my C-128 because I am an ornery, stubborn, retro grouch. -- Bob
Masse
>
>
Received on Sat Apr 27 2002 - 01:42:46 BST