Thread: Not so mobile ereader in 1935
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Old 03-24-2012, 08:11 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by sabredog View Post
I thought it was IBM, but you may well be right.
IBM had one, too:
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc/pc_8.html

Their line lasted longer than Wang's but it didn't peak anywhere near as high as the Wangs. Then again, they didn't crater like Wang, either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories

Yet another example of a business failing to understand what their real "product" was and failing to adapt to tech-driven change.
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