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   Managed Resistance to Oxford   
   Re: Apple Computer Winning In Forbes Pol   
   12 Feb 05 15:29:21   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.macintrash, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: wduke@sympatico.ca   
      
   Oxford  wrote:   
      
      
   > yeah, i always hate the way they phrase that, but they are going off the   
   > marketing term, which i believe did start with IBM. The charlie chaplain   
   > commercials and all that rot... apple later had the term "the most   
   > personal computer", but before IBM it was just apple ][, osborne 1,   
   > commodore pet, etc...   
   >   
   > some interesting reading is here...   
   >   
   > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer   
      
   What about the Apple I?   
      
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