Hacker News with Generative AI: Technology History

How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software (theregister.com)
Opinion The resurfacing of a 1995 Usenet post earlier this month prompted The Reg FOSS desk to re-examine a pivotal operating system flop … and its long-term consequences.
Operating Systems, Software History, Legacy Software, Technology History
7 points by mooreds 9 days ago | 3 comments
The Power Mac 4400 (512pixels.net)
In November 1996, Apple released the Power Macintosh 4400 with a starting price of $1,725. Also sold as the Power Macintosh 7220, it’d be easy to write this machine off as just another grain of sand on the beige beach that was Apple’s product line in the 1990s.
Apple, Computer Hardware, Retro Computing, Technology History
114 points by speckx 33 days ago | 150 comments
Enterprise Philosophy and the First Wave of AI (stratechery.com)
The popular history of technology usually starts with the personal computer, and for good reason: that was the first high tech device that most people ever used. The only thing more impressive than the sheer audacity of “A computer on every desk and in every home” as a corporate goal, is the fact that Microsoft accomplished it, with help from its longtime competitor Apple.
Enterprise Philosophy, Technology History, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft, Apple
12 points by mfiguiere 115 days ago | 0 comments
Technology history: Where Unix came from (allthingsopen.org)
Technology History, Operating Systems, Unix
8 points by devonnull 171 days ago | 3 comments
Why Steve Jobs Went 'Thermonuclear' over Android (2014) (pcmag.com)
Steve Jobs, Android, Technology History, Business
49 points by thunderbong 210 days ago | 53 comments
Palm OS and the devices that ran it (arstechnica.com)
Operating Systems, Mobile Devices, Technology History
154 points by Brajeshwar 268 days ago | 98 comments