IBM's PC division floundered for years after the PCjr proved too expensive and its new OS was nothing compared to Windows, allowing Lenovo to buy IBM in 2004.
debating Microsoft’s business practices, which we we all know were shady as fuck, is veering away from the point that ibm’s loss of the home market is ibm’s fault. ibm never saw the home market as a lucrative avenue
no. i am going to slightly contradict my earlier hyperbole but microsoft was formed by bill gates and paul allen to work with altair. ibm was not involved then. this is why i have serious doubts about historical events because even things that happened during my lifetime are being altered
debating Microsoft’s business practices, which we we all know were shady as fuck, is veering away from the point that ibm’s loss of the home market is ibm’s fault. ibm never saw the home market as a lucrative avenue
You should dig into how MS came to be and IBM’s involvement.
They essentially created MS, and Billy Boy was their shill.
no. i am going to slightly contradict my earlier hyperbole but microsoft was formed by bill gates and paul allen to work with altair. ibm was not involved then. this is why i have serious doubts about historical events because even things that happened during my lifetime are being altered