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by davidwtbuxton 1794 days ago
Relevant Computer Chronicles episode from 1988: BUS wars

https://youtu.be/aYt4ZPxVkSs

IBM engineer responding to the accusation that MCA is proprietary (around 14' 15"):

"I really don't understand the term proprietary. To me that would mean that it's not available [snip] and it's available for use by anyone."