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> Afaik it was an internal skunkworks project led by a rather visionary for IBM leader that knew it would be dead if it did things the IBM way. Sounds like an

by vimy 5y ago

> Afaik it was an internal skunkworks project led by a rather visionary for IBM leader that knew it would be dead if it did things the IBM way. Sounds like an interesting story. Is there a book or website like folklore.org?

teh_klev 5y ago
Many years ago I read "Blue Magic : The People, Power and Politics Behind the IBM PC" and seem to remember quite enjoying it (though it was ~1990). There's a copy on The Internet Archive you can "borrow" for free: https://archive.org/details/bluemagicpeople00chpo https://archive.org/details/bluemagicpeople00chpo
- vimy 5y ago
  Thanks. I love these kind of books. Library Genesis is also a good place to "borrow" books.
  - teh_klev 5y ago
    Thanks, I'll check it out after work. Seems to be banned on our company network.