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Incorrect....

>> Computers would still be costing $5,000+ if it
>> weren't for the fact that Microsoft
>> has....produced an operating system...that's made
>> computing mainstream....without them, computers
>> would probably NOT be as ubiquitous as they are
>> today. They made computers easy to use, spurred
>> demand and we now have computers that are
>> affordable by the masses.

I have to disagree. Before the PC and Microsoft, computers were either minis or mainframes which cost well over 6 and 7 figures, or incompatible "toy" systems like the Tandy CoCo, Commodore PET, Vic 20, etc.
IBM was very big in the business machine market (cash registers, mainframes, etc), when they introduced the PC. Business owners who were used to IBM equipment jumped at the chance to own a computer made by IBM. The fact that IBM included a technical manual which gave complete hardware specs, technical details, and enough geeky information to practically build your own IBM compatible computer simply meant that other manufacturers would be able to duplicate the machine easily. This led to competition within the PC market, which drove prices down.

It had nothing to do with Microsoft. It was the easily cloned hardware that made computing cheap today.

Posted by: cbiltcliffe@...   Posted on: 04/19/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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