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Most surprising part of this for me is that IBM used to invent computer hardware! (And it sounds like they were pretty good at it!) Why'd they stop?
by andai 3y ago
Most surprising part of this for me is that IBM used to invent computer hardware! (And it sounds like
they were pretty good at it!) Why'd they stop?
- ido 3y agoIBM still “invent computer hardware” (e.g. POWER/PPC CPUs are still being developed) and have been doing it more or less ever since “computer hardware” as a concept was commercialized. You’re probably aware that the PC itself is an IBM development, but once it because a generic platform they couldn’t turn a profit while having to compete with all the cheap clones (I.e. what we today simply call PCs).
- bluedino 3y agoIn the late 80's IBM came out with the PS/2 computer that had proprietary things like the MicroChannel bus that didn't catch on, but things like PS/2 ports that lived on for a long time. When the early 90's were here, IBM was losing billions of dollars a year, companies like Dell and Compaq were selling more and more PC's while IBM continued to sell less and less. There were spinoffs and re-organizations, IBM still made some things like the MWave soundcard/modem, but they couldn't really compete with all the small startups making new peripherals and components. IBM was still manufacturing things in the USA, they were and old and slow and kludgy company...