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Not sure if I believe it’s bearish, but the PC made computers cheaper and demand exploded, yet wasn’t very good for IBM.


It could have been great for IBM if they had done things differently


IBM probably couldn't have done things differently given the antitrust scrutiny they were under. And that was likely the best outcome for the industry anyway.


Agree completely. I would hate to have seen what would have happened if IBM could legally prevent the clean room reimplementation of their bios.




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