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The PC was really an outlier. Not only was it an IBM product, but beyond the BIOS everything was off the shelf (even the OS). So once the BIOS was cloned, and
by digi_owl 9y ago
The PC was really an outlier.
Not only was it an IBM product, but beyond the BIOS everything was off the shelf (even the OS).
So once the BIOS was cloned, and the clone defended as clean in court, they promptly tried to reassert control with the PS/2 and spiraled into irrelevance.