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> why can we have a top of the line desktop PC which is totally libre It was an accident of history, leading to the ISA bus x86 clones, and Compaq not losing a
by rodgerd 9y ago
> why can we have a top of the line desktop PC which is totally libre
It was an accident of history, leading to the ISA bus x86 clones, and Compaq not losing a court case around clean-room engineering.
IBM even tried to roll back that accident with the MCA bus, and possibly would have succeeded if they hadn't been so greedy.