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> That IBM sold the PC subsidiary was the worst mistake the could ever have done That was years and years after they had already committed "the worst mistake t
by technothrasher 5y ago
> That IBM sold the PC subsidiary was the worst mistake the could ever have done
That was years and years after they had already committed "the worst mistake they could have done", which was not buying Microsoft early on when they had the chance. This should be immediately obvious, as you're here complaining about people confusing Windows with PCs. After that, their failure to secure exclusive rights to Intel's x86 chips, their inability to keep up with all the clones on the market, and the missteps of the PCjr and OS/2, the eventual sell off the PC hardware business was inevitable.
- bluedino 5y ago> not buying Microsoft early on when they had the chance. That would likely have led to closing down the clones, not allowing others to use DOS, they would have became an also-ran.
- ho_schi 5y agoWasn't IBM's philosophy to have always two vendors for each component, therefore a clone from AMD and later an own chip? Probably manufacturing everything exclusively would've counteracted the idea of exclusive rights. They had a plan but not probably not expected the success in this way. On the other than, luckily they didn't planned for "vendor lock-in with eco-system" :)