> And, in fact, until about 1980, the TRS-80 dominated the market. What happened? Two things, in particular, happened: 1) The founder of Tandy died at the end

> And, in fact, until about 1980, the TRS-80 dominated the market. What happened? Two things, in particular, happened: 1) The founder of Tandy died at the end of 1978. This deprived the company of the vision of the founder right at the inflection point in computing. 2) I seem to remember that Tandy got hit by not one but two embezzlement scandals which deprived it of operating capital at fairly critical points.