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The untold story behind Apple's $13,000 operating system
CNet has a great piece up on the history of Apple DOS, including the importance of having a disk drive (as opposed to a cassette) and the sheer brilliance of the other Steve in implementing that feature cheaply and changing the entire game forever.
link, apparently embedding doesn't work today and I didn't preview 
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57577597-37/the-untold-story-behind-apples-$13000-operating-system/
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