24 Mar
2003
24 Mar
'03
2:58 p.m.
Adam Osborne is dead.
Osborne Books (sold, became Osborne McGraw Hill)
Osborne Computer (when you brag too much about your NEXT product, you kill
sales of the current one)
Paperback Software (killed by Lotus for being a Visi-clone too similar to
their Visi-clone)
24 Mar
24 Mar
3:50 p.m.
Sorry to hear that. Seems like quite a guy.
<bows head>
Eric
"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
Adam Osborne is dead.
Osborne Books (sold, became Osborne McGraw Hill)
Osborne Computer (when you brag too much about your NEXT product, you kill
sales of the current one)
Paperback Software (killed by Lotus for being a Visi-clone too similar to
their Visi-clone)
6:40 p.m.
Indeed, the man was quite a genius in his time.
Sometimes it makes me wonder what the computer world (especially the
portables market!) would be like if he had never joined the business.
That's some food for thought, huh?
Sorry to hear that. Seems like quite a guy.
<bows head>
Eric
"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
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Adam Osborne is dead.
Osborne Books (sold, became Osborne McGraw Hill)
Osborne Computer (when you brag too much about your NEXT product, you kill
sales of the current one)
Paperback Software (killed by Lotus for being a Visi-clone too similar to
their Visi-clone)
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