XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-12-18 8:41 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Yep, and to its credit, Apple upgraded the ][ a number of times and   
   shrank the gap between its own and Atari's machines.   
      
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   CrudeSausage   
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