Interesting how the present came from a very fragile, almost non happening past. A lot less critical, I've read that Olivetti vanished from the industry due to

Interesting how the present came from a very fragile, almost non happening past. A lot less critical, I've read that Olivetti vanished from the industry due to random finance wars between France and Belgium with some bank (which bought the company not long before) crashing and thus cutting money right at the moment where PC were taking off.