ChrisGeritol

ChrisGeritol t1_ja89egv wrote

You either have to conform to her levels on this or it won't work. She will not lower her standards and if you resent doing it her way, you'll resent her and your feelings will become toxic.

Been there, done that.

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ChrisGeritol t1_j5lz9k9 wrote

The only other possible contender would have been the OS ran by Tandy COCOs, but they were largely going downhill by 1988. Linux was first released in 1991 (per wikipedia).

Apple had a sales program called "Apple for Teachers", which was a discount program designed to get teachers to buy into the Apple/Mac ecosystem. They had a unique position over Microsoft in that they sold the hardware and operating system as a package (that only they could sell). There were several early manufacturers of PCs, including IBM, Zenith, Compaq, Dell, Gateway, and a myriad of private label store brands (they might not all have existed in 1988, but they were close).

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