Open [electronic resource] : how Compaq ended IBM's PC domination and helped invent modern computing / Rod Canion.
Canion, Rod.
2013
HD9696.2.U64 C653 2013eb
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Title Open [electronic resource] : how Compaq ended IBM's PC domination and helped invent modern computing / Rod Canion.
Author Canion, Rod.
ISBN 9781936661923 electronic book
9781937856991
Published Dallas, Texas : BenBella Books, [2013]
Copyright ©2013
Language English
Description 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations
Call Number HD9696.2.U64 C653 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.7/62139160973
Summary The story of Compaq is well-known: Three ex-Texas Instruments managers founded Compaq with modest venture funding. Just four years later, Compaq was on the Fortune 500 list, and, two years after that, they had exceeded 1 billion in annual revenue. No company had ever achieved these milestones so rapidly.But few know the story behind the story. In 1982, when Compaq was founded, there was no software standardization, so every brand of personal computer required its own unique application software. Just eight years later, compatibility with the open PC standard had become ubiquitous.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Machine generated contents note: One.An Unlikely Beginning
Two.The Road Less Traveled
Three.The Best Defense Is a Good Offense
Four.Opportunity Knocks
Five.IBM Fires the First Shot
Six.Back at You, IBM
Seven.Patience Pays Off
Eight.You're Going to Do What?!
Nine.The "Death Star" Arrives
Ten.Compaq's Most Unexpected Decision
Eleven.Compaq Leads the Revolt
Twelve.Intel Begins to Drift
Thirteen.Exceeding Expectations
Fourteen.The Open Industry Standard Wins.

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