Any Medium Powerful Enough To Extend Man's

Basic Would Never Have Surfaced Because There Was Always A Language Better Than Basic For That Purpose. That Language Was Joss, Which Predated Basic And Was Beautiful. But Basic Happened To Be On A Ge Timesharing System That Was Done By Dartmouth, And When Ge Decided To Franchise That, It Started Spreading Basic Around Just Because It Was There, Not Because It Had Any Intrinsic Merits Whatsoever.

Having An Intelligent Secretary Does Not Get Rid Of The Need To Read, Write, And Draw, Etc. In A Well Functioning World, Tools And Agents Are Complementary.

The Real Romance Is Out Ahead And Yet To Come. The Computer Revolution Hasn't Started Yet.

School Is Basically About One Point Of View - The One The Teacher Has Or The Textbooks Have. They Don't Like The Idea Of Having Different Points Of View.

As Far As Apple Goes, It Was A Different Company Every Few Years From The Time I Joined In 1984.