PC clones killed IBM in the PC market, which matches how I remember it > Both Microsoft and Intel made a fortune selling IBM’s competitors the same products th

PC clones killed IBM in the PC market, which matches how I remember it > Both Microsoft and Intel made a fortune selling IBM’s competitors the same products they sold to IBM. Rivals figured out that IBM had set the de facto technical standards for PCs, so they developed compatible versions they could bring to market more quickly and sell for less.