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IBM Did Not Invent the Personal Computer

Posted by timothy on from the you-help-one-just-one-reich dept.

theodp writes "As IBM gives itself a self-congratulatory pat on the back as it celebrates its 100th anniversary, Robert X. Cringely wants to set the record straight: 'IBM didn't invent the personal computer', writes Cringely, 'but they don't know that.' Claiming to have done so, he adds, soils the legacy of Ed Roberts and pisses off all real geeks in the process. Throwing Big Blue a bone, Cringely is willing to give IBM credit for 'having helped automate the Third Reich'."

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  1. No, they didn't (was Re:Yes, they did) by Anonymous+Freak · · Score: 1, Troll

    Apple II, anyone?

    IBM just made it mainstream for businesses.

    Microsoft, by negotiating in such a way as to allow clones, made IBM's definition of PC explode (without IBM.)

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