Comment on Alan Kay on re-creating Xerox PARC's design magic at CDGparentComments−corysama10yThat, as they say, is the $64,000 question.You are more right than you think. The initial manufacturing cost of an Alto (adjusted for inflation) was...http://m.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=12000+dollars+from+1973&x...−PhantomGremlin10yWow. That's quite close.I'm sure you get the reference, but since we're dealing with a worldwide audience, here's where it originates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_$64,000_QuestionIt was a meme: "a common catchphrase for a particularly difficult question or problem"
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You are more right than you think. The initial manufacturing cost of an Alto (adjusted for inflation) was...
http://m.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=12000+dollars+from+1973&x...
Wow. That's quite close.
I'm sure you get the reference, but since we're dealing with a worldwide audience, here's where it originates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_$64,000_Question
It was a meme: "a common catchphrase for a particularly difficult question or problem"