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Comment by Mister_Snuggles

I never used an Atari computer, nor did I know anyone who did, but I always wonder what the world would be like if Windows and macOS didn't "win".

If Atari and Amiga had won instead, what would the world look like?

What would the server world look like? Would there be some weird "Amiga Server Enterprise Edition"? Would servers just be Linux without any meaningful competition?

Would Atari have shook the world by introducing a new CPU that resulted in amazing battery life compared to the Amiga competition? Would some of us be using AtariPhones? Would Android be a thing?

Would retrocomputing folks talk about their Windows 3.1 boxes the way that Ataris and Amigas are currently talked about?

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