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... VisiCalc gave thousands of would - be buyers the reason - or the excuse - to get their own computer , and to choose Apple over its competitors . One other applications program competed with VisiCalc in popularity , and it too almost ...
... VisiCalc gave thousands of would - be buyers the reason - or the excuse - to get their own computer , and to choose Apple over its competitors . One other applications program competed with VisiCalc in popularity , and it too almost ...
Page 102
... VisiCalc and WordStar were , in a sense , lucky shots in the dark . But what would come next ? And how would the industry structure itself , so to speak , to tap the market it thought was there ? In the past few years , the software ...
... VisiCalc and WordStar were , in a sense , lucky shots in the dark . But what would come next ? And how would the industry structure itself , so to speak , to tap the market it thought was there ? In the past few years , the software ...
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... VisiCalc people was doing that kind of marketing . Most of the programs available for one - person computers were sold by mail or in computer stores , packaged in polyethylene bags , with cheaply printed Software 111.
... VisiCalc people was doing that kind of marketing . Most of the programs available for one - person computers were sold by mail or in computer stores , packaged in polyethylene bags , with cheaply printed Software 111.
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