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How Two Bored 1970s Housewives Helped Create the PC Industry

Posted by Soulskill on from the ordering-RAM-by-snail-mail dept.

harrymcc writes: One of the first significant PC companies was Vector Graphic. Founded in 1976, it was an innovator in everything from industrial design to sales and marketing, and eventually went public. And alone among early PC makers, it was founded and run by two women, Lore Harp and Carole Ely. Over at Fast Company, Benj Edwards tells the story of this fascinating, forgotten company.

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  1. Bored Housewives by HideyoshiJP · · Score: 5, Funny

    I started reading the article, because I usually know how these bored housewife stories on the internet go. Imagine my shock when I got to the end and it was still talking business. Even the man with the porn stache called Adam Osborne didn't lead to anything.

  2. Some things never change by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Meanwhile, Bob Harp felt the media paid too much attention to the fact that Carole and Lore were women, when it was he, in fact, who made the company possible with his hardware designs."

  3. Re:Rise of clickbait headlines by Jesus_666 · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least it's not: "Typewriter manufacturers hate them! See this one weird device two bored housewives came up with!"

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  4. Re:they didnt shape anything! by Darinbob · · Score: 3, Funny

    So with all those mistakes, it's basically like every other business ever.

  5. Re:A story of how women were by adhdengineer · · Score: 3, Funny

    We call those "Management" and we speak ill of them when they are not around.