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Osborne computer? Either they were moving too slow or announced new product too early (killing demand for the model they were actually selling). They went ban
by acomjean 11y ago
Osborne computer?
Either they were moving too slow or announced new product too early (killing demand for the model they were actually selling). They went bankrupt before new model came out...
Apparently not entirely true, but that was the takeaway.
it got a name: the "Osborne Effect"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect
- unfunco 11y agoI'd argue that Osborne moved too quickly, he was announcing the future (and they didn't deliver it too slowly, they just announced it too quickly) and subsequently committed suicide (figuratively, of-course.)