In my day, the term was “Osborne’d”. “One of the unfortunate things about the ‘Osborne Executive’ was that the owners were unaware of marketing strategies. The

In my day, the term was “Osborne’d”. “One of the unfortunate things about the ‘Osborne Executive’ was that the owners were unaware of marketing strategies. The ‘Executive’ was a computer that was a bit outdated, so Osborne decided to make an announcement of a future unit that was IBM compatible. The announcement caused a chill on the sales of this particular computer which eventually caused the company to go under. The Osborne Executive came out in 1982 and the company filed for bankruptcy in September of 1983.” https://vintagecomputer.com/osborne-occ-2-executive.html https://vintagecomputer.com/osborne-occ-2-executive.html