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> the PC revolution only happened due IBM's mistake, everyone else was vertically integrated IBM was extremely vertically integrated. What actually happened wa
by AnthonyMouse 1mo ago
> the PC revolution only happened due IBM's mistake, everyone else was vertically integrated
IBM was extremely vertically integrated. What actually happened was that Compaq reverse engineered their BIOS and made a compatible system and the courts said it was okay.
The thing destroying the modern world is DMCA 1201. Adversarial interoperability is fundamental.
- pjmlp 1mo agoThat was the mistake, using common components for a cheaper computer versus previous ones, and not being able to take down Compaq's achievement. Rest assured there would be no IBM PC compatibles otherwise, in fact PS/2 and MCA architecture was a failed attempt to regain control.
- AnthonyMouse 1mo agoThe common components are irrelevant. Even Apple still has components manufactured by Foxconn, buys RAM and flash from the same vendors as anyone else, uses ARM's ISA, etc. The phones made by Xiaomi et al are perfectly capable of running the same apps as Apple's from a hardware perspective. The difference is that now if someone wants to make a competing store for iOS apps, or a competing client app for Reddit or Twitter, the incumbents use the DMCA and remote attestation and similar anti-competitive levers to lock those competitors out of the market and governments have been letting them get away with it.