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  1. Re:Supplying the OS for PC's probably helped ... by ednopantz · · Score: 1 · on Bill Gates Reveals Secret of Microsoft's Success

    Go read In Search of Stupidity. slashdot review)

    About a third of it could be called "How Borland, IBM, Novell, Lotus, Netscape, et.al. shot themselves in the foot so badly even Microsoft could beat them."

  2. Obligatory Edwin Black revenge link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Maverick and His Machine

    Edwin Black (the main proponent of IBM==Nazi supporter theory) lost a lot of money when IBM dropped OS/2. He has always been known to be quite aggressive .

  3. Illustrations by imAlive · · Score: 1 · on In Search of Stupidity

    Here's a link to some of the illustrations.

  4. Apple's biggest mistake was... by Captain+Kirk · · Score: 1 · on Apple, Scully, And Intel vs. Motorola
    Apple's biggest mistake was hiring a guy who cared nothing about computers and making him CEO. Its impossible for a techie company to be led and motivated by someone who doesn't care about techie issues. Sculley was great at marketing - but marketing only works if you have a good product.

    Joel Spolksy has some articles on why Microsoft succeeded. In most cases, MS simply did nothing stupid while its competitors committed corporate suicide. Hiring someone like Scully who even now doesn't "get it" was Apple throwing away its soul and it did come close to being the death of the company.