On 6/20/2013 9:09 PM, David Crayford wrote:
Let's not forget IBMs "failure" to foresee the growth explosion of PCs in the 90s. Lack of vision and poor management gifted microsoft the opportunity to become a market leader who constantly outmanoeuvred IBM (anybody still running OS/2?).
In 1984 I built a PC from parts; in that time I've had to replace two memory chips, and still have some spares. It's running OS/2, not connected to my home network, and used for finances and a data base.
Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, Vermont ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
