14 Sep
2012
14 Sep
'12
8:40 p.m.
thats so funny. I hope Ill eventually remembes who I was conversing with, or even when it
was, but was told that phone companies should have been way ahead. After all a computer is
just a bunch of switches (one of the best definitions of a computer imho, albeit informal,
for those with a smattering of electronics knowledge).
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 7:34 PM PDT Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 14 Sep 2012 at 21:08, William Donzelli wrote:
It seems that every good sized computer company
explores the telephone
market, and many actually bring some sort of product to market, mostly
leading to disaster. USR, IBM, and Data General all come to mind.
IBM did pretty well with their acquisition of Rolm. I still have a
Rolm frisbee for playing with the dogs.
OTOH, telephone companies didn't do all that well in the computer
business.
--Chuck