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Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II

Subject: Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II
From: Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:19:49 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: RoadRunner
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In article <3EEDD7E4.2060406@somwehere.com>,
 Rich <someone@somwehere.com> wrote:

>In infinite wisdom Greg Buchner answered:
> > The story goes that when IBM engineers were working on the IBM PC,
> 
> Unless I am greatly mistaken, IBM did not design the PC, management
> decided to outsource the design as the mainframe design cycle was
> far too long and they wanted to bring it to market quickly (once
> Apple had developed the market).

References:
- The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II
  - From: great_hierophant@hotmail.com (Great Hierophant)
- Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II
  - From: "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>
- Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II
  - From: Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>
- Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II
  - From: "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>
- Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II
  - From: "Chuck Morris" <nospam@nospam.net>
- Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II
  - From: "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>
- Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II
  - From: Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>
- Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II
  - From: Rich <someone@somwehere.com>

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