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Re: [Logic_Cafe] node mini
2005-01-13 by GAmoore@aol.com
In a message dated 1/12/05 6:20:57 PM, uzo@... writes:
The BIG BLUE as they were known back then, IBM, are widely accredited
for introducing the PC to a mass audience. They made one fundamental
mistake:
1. trying to keep a reign on the market by keeping its inner secrets,
the machines that is, a secret thus enabling them to over inflate the
price of their products. In general providing what they wanted to at a
price they wanted.
Actually I thought its the opposite. I think they made it so open that those hardware companies could copy (recall the BIOS lawsuits) and let Microsoft take over. When Apple tried opening up and let other companies sell Macs it nearly ran the company out of business. In fact, I don't think they ever got back their 10% market share from a few years back.