Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
22 Apr 2024 Acquired Microsoft Volume I
“Why did it work? They had two things going for them that really, Ed, I think probably personally made happen.”
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Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 22 Apr 2024
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Microsoft Volume I
Transcript context
…Their little gambit worked and got a couple of college kids to pounce. Totally. Why did it work? They had two things going for them that really, Ed, I think probably personally made happen. (1) They got this splashy popular electronics magazine cover that was through a relationship that Ed had. (2) The sticker price was $397, which is about $2300 in 2024 dollars. Yes, that's a lot of money, but the next cheapest computer that anybody could buy at this point in time was a DEC, a $120,000 mini computer. The idea that somebody could buy a computer for $400, I don't care who's selling that thing, I want that. What did they get, some sweet deal from Intel?…
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