On Sat, 22 Nov 2003, J.C. Wren wrote:
> I can't say that I find all his choices logical, but oh well.
>
> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2241419
As could be expected, there are some inaccuracies in the article:
"Among the games that got their start on the C-64: the original SimCity
and what became Microsoft's Flight Simulator." I don't know about
SimCity, but Flight Simulator was first written, I believe, on the Apple
][.
"the Altair (named after a star that was prominent in a Star Trek episode)
appealed only to the most geeky"
Two things: 1) it is not clear where the Altair name came from; it was
either Ed Roberts' daughter (niece?) who suggested it or Sol Libes, and 2)
the Altair didn't appeal "only to the most geeky", but to anyone who
wanted their own computer back in 1975, which is to say EVERY geek (and
then some). To say that demonstrates inept researching.
Otherwise, it's an OK article. At least he didn't fall into the "first"
trap.
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