Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!jimomura From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: DRI agrees to change GEM ; why? Message-ID: <891@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 09:26:16 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.891 Posted: Fri Nov 1 09:26:16 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 10:31:50 EST References: <2298@ukma.UUCP> <2800013@ccvaxa> Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto Lines: 35 Summary: PC? In article <2800013@ccvaxa> preece@ccvaxa.UUCP writes: > >> This article reminds me of those who said in 1980 that IBM's entry into >> the personal computer field would "legitimize" the industry. (Remember >> when "PC" meant "a personal computer", not "an IBM-compatible 16-bit No, I don't remember when "PC" meant "a personal computer" in any generic sense. And I doubt if you do either. The only PC's that existed before IBM were "Pocket Computers". IBM coined the term personal computer. >Would you claim that the micro industry would be be better off if >IBM had not come in? Think for a moment of all those builders of >IBM clones. IBM has very nutritious coattails. Apple may or >may not have been wise in suing DRI, but they would almost certainly >sell more Macs if IBM made one just like it than they do now. [Note >to flamers: it's just my guess against yours, but I don't mind if I think it's fair to say that if it wasn't for IBM we'd be in a worse position today. We'd be stuck with CP/M in all it's forms rather than MS-DOS. At least it can be said that MS-DOS is generally better (in it's version 2 form) than CP/M86. Still, a lot more 'other' systems such as QNX or OS-9 or Pick or whatever might have grown more rapidly yielding a much better array of systems for the future. As such I may be wrong. Cheers! -- Jim O. -- James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura Byte Information eXchange: jimomura Compuserve: 72205,541 MTS at WU: GKL6