There were two main factors in IBM becoming a trivial player in the home
computer market they helped to build:
(1) The head of the PC business (and I wish I could remember his name
offhand) died in a plane crash, and his successors lacked his vision.
(2) IBM tried to steer the market back towards a proprietary
architecture -- and failed. (Remember the PS/2? Ironic, isn't it, that PCI
cards use the same types of slots that the PS/2 machines wanted to use)
These aren't by any means the only ones -- getting snookered by Microsoft on
how to handle the future of OS/2 when they split up the development team
(ironic considering that MS OS/2 became Windows NT, later Windows 2000, now
Windows XP) might even rank up there with the other two factors -- but those
two were huge ones.
73, ron wn3vaw
AJ: "Did you ever hear of Evel Kneival?"
Lev: "I never saw Star Wars"
-- Armageddon
----- Original Message -----
From: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Future TT projects
----- Original Message -----
From: "tongaloa" <tongaloa@alltel.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Future TT projects
> Look what happened with the IBM PC. TT is well positioned for the radio
> analogue.
What happened is that IBM is no longer a player in the PC building and
selling market . . . they gave away the store to Microsoft and Intel in
order to "expand the market." It expanded right past them . . .
73/72, George
Amateur Radio W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
"In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!"
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