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The graphing calculator story

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    no-coast-punk
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    This is an amazing story! I think it shows the beginnings of the shift in corporate mentality from a nearly failed to company into one of the most valuable ones in history. I remember playing with...

    This is an amazing story!

    I think it shows the beginnings of the shift in corporate mentality from a nearly failed to company into one of the most valuable ones in history.

    I remember playing with that program on power PC's back in high school. It taught me a lot of math things intuitively that would have been much more difficult through traditional methods.

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    1. Akir
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      Apple has always been an interesting duck. They have a history of crazy innovation in multiple fields, but they are constantly mismanaged so they often shoot themselves in the foot.

      Apple has always been an interesting duck. They have a history of crazy innovation in multiple fields, but they are constantly mismanaged so they often shoot themselves in the foot.

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