Interesting thread, don't know much about the PI but I suppose I could Google it to find out, as a guess I would say it's for the enthusiasts and thus a limited market, as has been pointed out the technology isn't exactley earth shattering although the idea of reviving basic interests in basic computing technology is interesting in itself.
As to Sugar and Sinclair well they are two different animals, Sugar was a born salesman you have to give him that, to come from the bottom up is what many aspire to,'nowt wrong with that either, Sugar did not know one end of a PC from another, he didn't need to, he knows his base price and he knows his selling price, he knows his market and he knows what margin he can operate within the rest is down to ruthless efficiency.
I agree with what Alan has said to the greater extent.
Bill Gates did not invent the computer but he did in effect invent/discover the mass "applications" market that is why he bacame one of the richest men on the planet.
The computer as such is all a bit of a hype all they do is add subtract etc binary forms, yes we need them but only to run application software and that is where the real money is:
Microsoft, Ebay, Facebook, most online forums, Paypal etc the list goes on and it's all down to the Yanks so there yer go.
It will be interesting in years to come to see if the powers that be have any contingency plans in the event of a total PC/Communications meltdown, it's not happened yet but in all probability it will, our daily lives have been irrevocably changed by modern technology since the seventies, all this technology depends mainly enirely on the constant availabilty of relatively uninteruppted electrical power supply....I hope the power workers are happy with their pay....
As to left wing artyfarty teachers you can draw your own conclusions, most of the old rightwing teachers of my day were basically pedeafiles, sadists and masochists!!!
This talk of British inventions/discoveries reminds me of Lodge and Marconi and we all know how that ended up, lesson to be learnt I think.
Lawrence.
As to Sugar and Sinclair well they are two different animals, Sugar was a born salesman you have to give him that, to come from the bottom up is what many aspire to,'nowt wrong with that either, Sugar did not know one end of a PC from another, he didn't need to, he knows his base price and he knows his selling price, he knows his market and he knows what margin he can operate within the rest is down to ruthless efficiency.
I agree with what Alan has said to the greater extent.
Bill Gates did not invent the computer but he did in effect invent/discover the mass "applications" market that is why he bacame one of the richest men on the planet.
The computer as such is all a bit of a hype all they do is add subtract etc binary forms, yes we need them but only to run application software and that is where the real money is:
Microsoft, Ebay, Facebook, most online forums, Paypal etc the list goes on and it's all down to the Yanks so there yer go.
It will be interesting in years to come to see if the powers that be have any contingency plans in the event of a total PC/Communications meltdown, it's not happened yet but in all probability it will, our daily lives have been irrevocably changed by modern technology since the seventies, all this technology depends mainly enirely on the constant availabilty of relatively uninteruppted electrical power supply....I hope the power workers are happy with their pay....
As to left wing artyfarty teachers you can draw your own conclusions, most of the old rightwing teachers of my day were basically pedeafiles, sadists and masochists!!!
This talk of British inventions/discoveries reminds me of Lodge and Marconi and we all know how that ended up, lesson to be learnt I think.
Lawrence.
