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by ip26 506 days ago
Not sure if I believe it’s bearish, but the PC made computers cheaper and demand exploded, yet wasn’t very good for IBM.
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woah 506 days ago
It could have been great for IBM if they had done things differently
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dralley 506 days ago
IBM probably couldn't have done things differently given the antitrust scrutiny they were under. And that was likely the best outcome for the industry anyway.
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protocolture 506 days ago
Agree completely. I would hate to have seen what would have happened if IBM could legally prevent the clean room reimplementation of their bios.
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