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Re:Sun: The Network Is the Computer by ly3xqhl8g9 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @10:45AM (#34763678)
General Magic [1] is also a contender.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Magic

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Re:Sun: The Network Is the Computer by CalChris on Sunday February 12, 2023 @11:48AM (#34764300)
General Magic never really accomplished anything. Sun did. GM was more famous for people who worked there than anything else. Did they work on things early? Yeah, so did Ted Nelson. But did they ship product real people used? Not really. I don't think anyone outside Silicon Valley remembers them.
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Re:Sun: The Network Is the Computer by ly3xqhl8g9 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @12:14PM (#34764589)
"Magic Link PIC-2000 was released in 1996." [1], 11 years before the iPhone. Sure, they didn't have the success of Sun, some could say that would make General Magic's case sadder: wasted potential hurts more than the inability to follow the future.

I have never been in Silicon Valley and I remember General Magic.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Link

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