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What "democratized computing" was cheaper computing and VisiCalc, not WIMP and GUI? But again, VisiCalc is intentionally limited, it's not a all-powerful envir
by ElectricalUnion 2mo ago
What "democratized computing" was cheaper computing and VisiCalc, not WIMP and GUI?
But again, VisiCalc is intentionally limited, it's not a all-powerful environment, on purpose. It's all about intentional limitations, making computation easier to reason about.
- andsoitis 2mo agoTo put it more bluntly. Computer usage would be low if limited to terminal interactions and there’s no GUI.