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Re:Y Combinator's Xerox Alto: restoring the legendary 1970s ... by jacquesm on Saturday June 18, 2016 @05:31PM (#11930697)
Moore's law is essentially about density (and hence about price), not about speed, the speed was a side-effect.
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Re:Y Combinator's Xerox Alto: restoring the legendary 1970s ... by digi_owl on Sunday June 19, 2016 @03:28AM (#11932150)
Kinda. Density allows for either speed or for price, and going for speed allowed the companies to hold the price fixed.
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