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|    Alan to CrudeSausage    |
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|    18 Dec 25 17:41:56    |
      XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy       From: nuh-uh@nope.com              On 2025-12-16 12:50, CrudeSausage wrote:       >>>> What you've not shown are Jobs actual words, but rather others'       >>>> interpretations.       >>> >       >>>> And offering higher quality for higher prices is not "giving people       >>>> the impression of higher quality".       >>>       >>> In other words, Alan is saying that even when he's proven wrong, he       >>> is right.       >>       >> Nope.       >>       >> Because you haven't even supported your first claim that:       >>       >> 'Jobs wanted to give people the IMPRESSION that their machines were       >> premium by charging more.'       >>       >> Actually building premium machines isn't giving people an impression       >> that they're premium.       >       > The Apple ][ was built better than the plastic competition, I'll give       > you that much. Nevertheless, it was capable of much less than even       > Atari's machines.              What were the release dates of each?              Back then, the pace of change was ridiculous.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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