On Mar 3, 2007, at 11:23 AM, John Young wrote:

If my memory is still working I recall Osbone made a very nice CP/M
computer in the dark ages.  When the owner announced that the next
model would be IBM PC compatible, all orders for the CP/M system ended
and the company went broke.

In the business literature, this is known as the "Osbourne Effect" for this reason.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

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