[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

[Michael Kraemer]

JF Mezei schrieb:

> Digital also had a "better quality" and less compromised designs. And
> their proprietary stuff gave added functionality (DSSI vs early SCSI for
> instance). The difference is that Apple knows who its competition is and
> is fully aware of them and manages to price its systems with just the
> right level of the Apple vanity tax whereas Digital refused to accept
> that PCs were competition and continued to price its systems relative to
> IBM mainframes.

DEC tried to be different for the sake of being different
(and charged accordingly).
Apple was/is different when it's worth to be different.
OTOH they try to adhere to standards where appropriate,
see e.g. the inevitable DVI-VGA adapter.