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Comment by cylemons

4 months ago

How much did IBM itself benefit from the PC? I thought the clones ate their lunch there

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jojobas  4 months ago

Wikipedia says their PC revenue was twice Apple's by 1984 at $4 billion/year. Not bad for a side hustle?

My understanding is that clones were a net positive, just like widespread Windows/Office piracy is a net positive for MS.

  • cylemons  4 months ago

    fair enough

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