On 30/04/15 23:11, Simon Brown wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 30/04/15 12:55, Simon Brown wrote:

Yes, but Wozniak produced a significant breakthrough rather later than
that.


No he didn't.

he just packaged up some chips in a rather ckueful way.

And that produced an affordable personal computer
and so was a significant breakthrough.

And if you don't like that one, VisiCalc certainly
was a significant breakthrough a bit later than that.

Sikorsky's helicopter 75 years ago. Hardly qualify for 'these days'!
Anything else is derivative.

Not with apps.

Oh **** OFF with your 'apps'

No thanks. It's an obvious example of what isn't derivative.

Apps are just ideas expressed in software.

Still not derivative with something like VisiCalc.

There is nothing new there at all,

There was with VisiCalc.

just filling in the corners as the last few areas that haven't been
coded to death get coded to death.

Not with VisiCalc. Or with Linux either.

You are absurd. Linux was nothing more than Unix without commercial
strings attached.



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