> Oooh, careful there. Personal Computers were available from Apple 
> before the IBM PC came out... So IBM did start the IBM PC biz, by
> definition, but didn't start the personal computer biz.

Ah, true.  Sorry, should have said that IBM made the PC into a commodity
market.  And have apparently been bitten by their own success--it's such
a commodity that you have to be a fully focused manufacturer (like Dell)
to make a profit at it.

--- Rex.



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