[cctalk] Gould Systems 32/77 Acquired (superminicomputer)

2023-08-25 Thread Eric Moore via cctalk
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[cctalk] Re: Apple 1

2023-08-25 Thread js--- via cctalk
On 8/25/2023 9:46 AM, Gavin Scott via cctalk wrote: I feel like people are over-thinking the Apple 1 thing. Apple made a lot of people rich, and I think the number of rich Apple people who want to be able to throw parties and say stuff like, "Oh, yes, that's my Apple I that I paid a million

[cctalk] Re: Apple 1

2023-08-25 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Paul, this is getting OT...but "value" is what something sells for, or the future value it will be agreed to sell for. Otherwise it's subjective "value" to the individual meets reality eventually. On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 9:43 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On

[cctalk] Re: Apple 1

2023-08-25 Thread Gavin Scott via cctalk
I feel like people are over-thinking the Apple 1 thing. Apple made a lot of people rich, and I think the number of rich Apple people who want to be able to throw parties and say stuff like, "Oh, yes, that's my Apple I that I paid a million dollars for." substantially exceeds the number of extant

[cctalk] Re: Apple 1

2023-08-25 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 25, 2023, at 9:39 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 9:27 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> >>> On Aug 24, 2023, at 9:29 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>> >>> ... >>> It's obvious

[cctalk] Re: Apple 1

2023-08-25 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 9:27 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Aug 24, 2023, at 9:29 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > ... > > It's obvious that the Apple 1 has the value it does not so much for its > > technology but for

[cctalk] Re: Apple 1

2023-08-25 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 24, 2023, at 9:29 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > It's obvious that the Apple 1 has the value it does not so much for its > technology but for what it represents, and that's all that matters. This reminds me of the observation that economics is a branch of