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From: Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com>
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Subject: Re: Market pressures for more reliable software
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"Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" wrote:
> 
> Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> 
> Actually, IBM didn't invent the personal computer, although it did significantly
> alter the accepted architecture. IBM did push "personal computing" before there
> was a noticeable personal computer industry, with such products as CALL/360 and
> VSPC.

And there was Joss, which ran on the Johnniac.  That was an early step
toward end-user programming.

Al