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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."

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  1. So sad... by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope Sharon,Kelly,Jack and of course Ozzy will be able to go trough this with force and pride.

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  2. Never heard of him... by }InFuZeD{ · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I really hope when I die I'm not best known for what I did wrong =/

  3. A fitting number. by RatBastard · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems fitting, in a nerdish way, that he should die at 64. There is a certain symmetry somehow.

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    1. Re:A fitting number. by FrostedWheat · · Score: 5, Funny

      It seems fitting, in a nerdish way, that he should die at 64. There is a certain symmetry somehow.

      Real programmers never die, they are simply cast into (void*)

    2. Re:A fitting number. by Sloppy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, he could have lived to age 128, but that would have required bank switching.

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    3. Re:A fitting number. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sorry..I program in Java, and I'm unsettled by the fact that I will be collected as garbage in the afterlife.

  4. Last Words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "My reincarnated self is going to be waaaaaay better than this.