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In article <2800013@ccvaxa> preece@ccvaxa.UUCP writes:
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>> This article reminds me of those who said in 1980 that IBM's entry into
>> the personal computer field would "legitimize" the industry.  (Remember
>> when "PC" meant "a personal computer", not "an IBM-compatible 16-bit

     No, I don't remember when "PC" meant "a personal computer" in any
generic sense.  And I doubt if you do either.  The only PC's that existed
before IBM were "Pocket Computers".  IBM coined the term personal
computer.

>Would you claim that the micro industry would be be better off if
>IBM had not come in?  Think for a moment of all those builders of
>IBM clones.  IBM has very nutritious coattails.  Apple may or
>may not have been wise in suing DRI, but they would almost certainly
>sell more Macs if IBM made one just like it than they do now. [Note
>to flamers: it's just my guess against yours, but I don't mind if

     I think it's fair to say that if it wasn't for IBM we'd be in
a worse position today.  We'd be stuck with CP/M in all it's forms
rather than MS-DOS.  At least it can be said that MS-DOS is generally
better (in it's version 2 form) than CP/M86.  Still, a lot more
'other' systems such as QNX or OS-9 or Pick or whatever might have
grown more rapidly yielding a much better array of systems for the
future.  As such I may be wrong.



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