http://www.winextra.com/opinion/the-uncertainty-of-a-post-microsoft-world/ Satisfying Your Inner Nerd Tue, 22 May 2012 15:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.winextra.com/opinion/the-uncertainty-of-a-post-microsoft-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 Pierre Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:20:50 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/index.php/2010/01/25/the-uncertainty-of-a-post-microsoft-world/#comment-1133 This argument reminds me of the beginnings of personal computing: until IBM stepped in with the PC in 1981, hardware compatibility from one computer maker to the next was a pipe dream. Even sharing a floppy between computer makers (sometimes between computer <i>models</i>) was impossible – and I'm only speaking of Intel-based computers. When IBM produced the PC, it wasn't the most advanced personal computer by any stretch of the imagination, but it provided a common hardware base with published standards (even the full BIOS listing was provided in the technical manual). The industry grew from that base. I remember, Byte magazine even sported a full page ad, paid for by Apple, that said "Welcome IBM". This argument reminds me of the beginnings of personal computing: until IBM stepped in with the PC in 1981, hardware compatibility from one computer maker to the next was a pipe dream. Even sharing a floppy between computer makers (sometimes between computer models) was impossible – and I’m only speaking of Intel-based computers. When IBM produced the PC, it wasn’t the most advanced personal computer by any stretch of the imagination, but it provided a common hardware base with published standards (even the full BIOS listing was provided in the technical manual). The industry grew from that base. I remember, Byte magazine even sported a full page ad, paid for by Apple, that said “Welcome IBM”.

]]> http://www.winextra.com/opinion/the-uncertainty-of-a-post-microsoft-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4045 Pierre Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:20:00 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/index.php/2010/01/25/the-uncertainty-of-a-post-microsoft-world/#comment-4045 This argument reminds me of the beginnings of personal computing: until IBM stepped in with the PC in 1981, hardware compatibility from one computer maker to the next was a pipe dream. Even sharing a floppy between computer makers (sometimes between computer <i>models</i>) was impossible – and I'm only speaking of Intel-based computers. When IBM produced the PC, it wasn't the most advanced personal computer by any stretch of the imagination, but it provided a common hardware base with published standards (even the full BIOS listing was provided in the technical manual). The industry grew from that base. I remember, Byte magazine even sported a full page ad, paid for by Apple, that said "Welcome IBM". This argument reminds me of the beginnings of personal computing: until IBM stepped in with the PC in 1981, hardware compatibility from one computer maker to the next was a pipe dream. Even sharing a floppy between computer makers (sometimes between computer models) was impossible – and I’m only speaking of Intel-based computers. When IBM produced the PC, it wasn’t the most advanced personal computer by any stretch of the imagination, but it provided a common hardware base with published standards (even the full BIOS listing was provided in the technical manual). The industry grew from that base. I remember, Byte magazine even sported a full page ad, paid for by Apple, that said “Welcome IBM”.

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