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Portable Pioneer Adam Osborne dead at 64

Posted by chrisd on from the heavy-news dept.

douglips writes "Yahoo News has the story. He's best remembered for the blunder of announcing that his next version of the Osborne portable computer was so much better, that nobody bought the current version and the company died quickly. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon."

4 of 322 comments (clear)

  1. In fucked up Iraq by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Pioneers kill 64!

  2. GOD, WHY DOES MOZILLA 1.3 SUCK SO BAD! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Keeps freezing up in Knoppix, fucking Linux crap is such shit. I'm booting into Windows.

  3. fuck adam osbourne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    fuck him up his stupid fucking ass.

  4. Re:American Icon by Doomrat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fine. Everything is American, apart from bad stuff. Silly me.