alt Hacker NewsSo this was about personal computing ? not computing per se ? I'd assume that by 87, the idea of digital computers benefits would be a non-question.
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oa335 • yesterday at 9:48 PM
I was too specific, it was more about computing generally as opposed to "personal computing".
It wasn't, generally, a question. People kept buying computers, on faith.
It's just that in 1987. the computers were generally and for the most part, irrelevant to productivity, just like steam and electricity were a promising gimmick for a long time before.. they weren't.
Looking backwards, it is easy to miss this.