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The Evolution of the PC and Microsoft
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Xerox, Apple, IBM, and Compaq all played major roles in the development
of the Personal Computer, or ³PC,² and the success of Microsoft. Though it may
seem so, the computer industry did not just pop-up overnight. It took many
years of dedication, hard-work, and most importantly, thievery to turn the
personal computer from a machine the size of a Buick, ....
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.... compete with AppleΉs success, IBM needed something to set
its product apart from the others. So they developed a process called ³open
architecture.² Open architecture meant buying all the components separately,
piecing them together, and then slapping the IBM name on it. It was quite
effective. Now all IBM needed was software. Enter Bill Gates.
Gates, along with buddy Paul Allen, had started a software company
called Microsoft. Gates was one of ....
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