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Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home

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551 points adrianhon | 6 comments | 08 Apr 24 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
1. PlunderBunny ◴[09 Apr 24 03:39 UTC] No.39976019[source]▶
It's like a story from an alternate version of reality - I think of all the articles I've read touting 'the two Steves', and this is the first time I've read about Lore Harp McGovern.
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2. buescher ◴[09 Apr 24 13:02 UTC] No.39978963[source]▶
It's almost as if Apple went under in 1982 and all Steve Jobs ever did after that was remarry well.
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3. NovemberWhiskey ◴[09 Apr 24 14:32 UTC] No.39979856[source]▶
... and yet you've heard of Adam Osborne.
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4. buescher ◴[09 Apr 24 15:07 UTC] No.39980247{3}[source]▶
Does he have a building at MIT named after him?
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5. musicale ◴[11 Apr 24 04:46 UTC] No.39998472{4}[source]▶
How about a namesake effect?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect

(Note Steve Jobs used the Osborne effect to promote the Mac at the expense of Apple's own Lisa.)

6. EchoReflection ◴[13 Apr 24 04:00 UTC] No.40020382{3}[source]▶
the only "Osborne" I can think of off the top of my head is the fictional Norman Osborne (aka the Green Goblin) [and I guess to be fair his equally fictional son Harry Osborne]