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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

I gave the Carson City Manager what has now become my standard reply. There is no doubt that my fate is to be part of the first generation in American history to leave behind a future radically worse than the one that was gifted to us. My mother and father met in Hell’s kitchen in the mid-1950s.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

IBM's essential contributions were to position the technology as suitable for wide use and to set a technology standard. Here, Steve Jobs introduced the Apple II, with a price tag of US $1,298 (about $5,800 today), while rival Commodore unveiled its PET. Other companies, including Apple and Tandy Corp.

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