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>But I do not see any big company ever going into that direction. IBM did that with PC architecture and it had profound impact on technology, business and worl
by ArekDymalski 5y ago
>But I do not see any big company ever going into that direction.
IBM did that with PC architecture and it had profound impact on technology, business and world as a whole I believe.
- batch12 5y agoIt is my understanding that the impact came from the IBM compatible PCs that were reverse engineered to match that architecture.
- the-dude 5y agoThis was the BIOS only. That was only valuable because the rest was already open.
- upofadown 5y agoWhich, interestingly enough, was forced on IBM in the form of a right to repair/interface provision in an anti-trust consent decree targeting mainframes.