> How so? I mean, obviously it's impossible to make a decent educated guess since basically the entirety of most peoples' interactions with computers stems from

> How so? I mean, obviously it's impossible to make a decent educated guess since basically the entirety of most peoples' interactions with computers stems from the near-monopoly Microsoft had on personal computing in the 90s. But I'm still curious to know what you predict would be different if MS didn't strike their deal with IBM. I've occasionally seen speculation that in the absence of the de-facto DOS monoculture that deal created, CP/M may have been the most likely desktop platform winner, at least initially.