Nolan Bushnell interview

Nolan Bushnell interview

C|Net has an interview up with Nolan Bushnell:

http://news.com.com/The+return+of+King+Pong/2008-1043_3-5616047.html

This article seems to treat the Atari computers as a failure, crushed by the Apple II. By the time I got my first computer in the mid-80s, Atari's home computer marketshare was far larger than Apple's.

Was Apple really able to compete in the early days? If anybody has any info on late 70s/early 80s marketshare, please post it in the forums:

http://www.velocityvector.com/forum/classicgames/list.html