GE used black on their computers for the workmasters witch where IBM 5150's On May 13, 2016 7:29 PM, "Tor Arntsen" <kspt....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 May 2016 at 00:20, William Donzelli <wdonze...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Do not blame the computer companies, blame the customers. Beige and > > gray were the colors they wanted. > > When companies buy, someone will have to approve (that is, provide the > money). That's often the company's own beancounters.. Engineer: > "We'll need this particular computer. This here model will do." > Beancounter (looking in sales brochure): "Purple? We don't do that > kind of thing here. This other model will do, surely" (points to beige > version). >