IBM and Microsoft: Antitrust then and now
https://www.cnet.com/news/ibm-and-microsoft-antitrust-then-and-now/
The first half of the article deals with the IBM antitrust lawsuit that started
in 1969 and lasted for 13 years. It helped set the stage for MSFT. Since IBM
was afraid of being the
I'll say it again. In 1979 IBM had very little interest in what was to
become the PC market.
The PC did unify the market somewhat. As a software house we had to provide
solutions for one-off purchases to people who had no clue.
In two years I worked on Apple IIE clone, Altos 8000, Cromemco
On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 15:50:14 +, Bill Johnson wrote:
>They were forced out in a lawsuit first filed in 1969 that the government/IBM
>settled in early 80’s. I’m not referring to them selling their PC business to
>Lenovo. Read up. It set up MSFT to dominate the PC software market. IBM and
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They were forced out in a lawsuit first filed in 1969 that the government/IBM
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I’m not talking about the exit from selling PC’s. (Lenovo dale) I’m talking
about the lawsuit the US government filed in 1969 and was s
I’m not talking about the exit from selling PC’s. (Lenovo dale) I’m talking
about the lawsuit the US government filed in 1969 and was settled in the early
80’s that forced IBM out of the PC market (software & hardware) that they
dominated at the time.
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W dniu 11.10.2020 o 16:36, Robin Vowels pisze:
On 2020-10-12 00:57, Bill Johnson wrote:
So market cap is now the determining factor for the best companies?
Here’s the 1980 list of market cap leaders. Had IBM not been forced
out of the PC market, I’d bet IBM would still be at or near the top,
They were forced out in a lawsuit first filed in 1969 that the government/IBM
settled in early 80’s. I’m not referring to them selling their PC business to
Lenovo. Read up. It set up MSFT to dominate the PC software market. IBM and
Microsoft: Antitrust then and now
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On 2020-10-12 00:57, Bill Johnson wrote:
So market cap is now the determining factor for the best companies?
Here’s the 1980 list of market cap leaders. Had IBM not been forced
out of the PC market, I’d bet IBM would still be at or near the top,
and MSFT wouldn’t be.
"Forced out". I think not.
