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...software grows ever more complex, it becomes harder for companies to produce error-free programs on schedule. The appearance of Apple's new Macintosh computer was delayed for two years primarily because of software problems. In late 1982 VisiCorp announced that a new software product called Visi On, which allows the operator to run and display several different business programs simultaneously, would be on sale by the summer of 1983. After spending $12 million on development, VisiCorp was unable to get it to stores until December. By then, the software had lost some of its technological edge. To remain...
...result of a deal with the Apple Company in January, Harvard students, faculty, and associates can acquire the new Macintosh personal computer for about $1450--about $1000 less than standard retail value...
...first shipment of several hundred Macintosh computers are expected to arrive within the next fews weeks...
...University will allow each student to lease only one Macintosh and will have him or her sign an agreement not to resell the computer for at least one year. Faculty and staff will not be bound by these restrictions...
...attract consumers away from the most deeply entrenched standards. Two examples: in the mid-1960s the minicomputers emerged and captured a sizable portion of the market once dominated by big mainframe computers; in the late 1970s microcomputers took business away from both mainframes and minis. Now Apple's Macintosh may be providing another example of dubious conventional wisdom...