8 May
2009
8 May
'09
5:17 p.m.
On Fri, 8 May 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
The curious thing is that IBM was extremely weak when
it came to PC
software (just look how Lotus' fortunes have slid since they were
acquired by IBM). What IBM-developed PC software helped the PC
accumulate market share? Topview? OS/2? I imagine that if IBM had
acquired Microsoft, we'd all be running some flavor of Unix now.
Maybe not a bad thing...
VisiCalc
Easy Writer
and didn't IBM sell a MICROS~1 port of Adventure? (Colossal Cave)
What more could anybody want? (no, that WAS sarcasm)