To: ShadowAce
fyi
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Makes me feel old. He didn’t die, his PIC quit. RIP.
3 posted on
10/29/2013 10:28:37 AM PDT by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
As one of the comments notes:
My condolences to the family of Mr Lowe, but the article is mistaken. Philip Don Estridge is the "Father of the IBM PC" and he passed away in a plane crash in 1985.
4 posted on
10/29/2013 10:29:29 AM PDT by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Prior to the introduction of the IBM PC, there were PCs with a hundred IRQs and other great technological features. The IBM PC set a standard, but it was a leap backwards technology wise. IBM wanted to ensure the PC never replaced the mainframe in office settings. I was happy to see IBM leave the PC market.
6 posted on
10/29/2013 10:31:18 AM PDT by
aimhigh
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; a fool in paradise
Considering its OS and architecture it should of been called ‘Lowputer’.
10 posted on
10/29/2013 10:41:30 AM PDT by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
There were a lot of propitiatory things IBM did that really screwed them in the long run.
I wonder how many can be blamed on this guy, or did he fight against them?
12 posted on
10/29/2013 10:50:27 AM PDT by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
How would the computer world be different if IBM handled the PC like their typical in-house projects with secret schematics and custom chips (or renumbered standard chips with non-standard pinouts)?
15 posted on
10/29/2013 11:00:24 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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