7/ The parallels here with digital artists today are striking. Replace ‘musician’ or ‘writer’ with ‘artist’ and you’re speaking to the movement underway with those of us who believe in ownership of digital art and culture

8/ While today this feels quaint, at the time it was visionary. In 1976, software creation was mostly controlled by  manufacturers who buried its cost in hardware pricing. A profit incentive would compel developers to innovate alongside step-changes in hardware, aka Moore's Law.

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