On 2/10/2019 12:43 PM, trader_4 wrote:


The actual history shows that IBM was as perplexed about the nascent
personal computer business and there was no grand scheme. And there was
no x86 business at that point, the PC was introduced not in the business
market, but the personal computing, home market.


Ken Olson, founder and CEO of DEC could not understand why anyone would
want a computer on their desk. The PC made no sense to him. Hopefully,
he tucked away enough money to live on or he'd be waiting tables now.
DEC had facilities all over MA in their prime days.