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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. Ah, I miss the days of portables. by tcd004 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Much like these handy dandy computers.

  2. Re:So sad... by t0ny · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ya, I was holding out for the second season myself, but then once it came out I kept hearing how the first season was better. Oh well.

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