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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/users/garius/statuses/114704813394452580">John Bull (garius@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 04:56:33 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@garius" title="garius@mastodon.me.uk"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/85413-48-20230105235555.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="John Bull" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">John Bull</a></section><article><p>In 1988, IBM tried to seize the whole PC market back and make it proprietary again.</p><p>This seemed to be the end for the PC open platform. Consensus was that you couldn't win against IBM.</p><p>Luckily for history, Compaq, and founding CEO Rod Canion, decided to try.</p><p>Read my latest <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/history" rel="tag">#history</a> longform on the fight for the soul of the PC. And how Compaq won. <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/technology" rel="tag">#technology</a> </p><p><a href="https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-man-who-beat-ibm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-man-who-beat-ibm</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5221835#notice-10246008">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-06-19T04:56:33+09:00" title="Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 04:56:33 JST">about a day ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@garius/114704813394452580" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.me.uk via ActivityPub">mastodon.me.uk</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@garius/114704813394452580">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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John Bull (garius@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 04:56:33 JST John Bull
In 1988, IBM tried to seize the whole PC market back and make it proprietary again.
This seemed to be the end for the PC open platform. Consensus was that you couldn't win against IBM.
Luckily for history, Compaq, and founding CEO Rod Canion, decided to try.
Read my latest #history longform on the fight for the soul of the PC. And how Compaq won. #technology
https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-man-who-beat-ibm
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