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The Evolution Of The PC And Microsoft - Online Term Paper

The Evolution Of The PC And Microsoft

Computer Tech.
ESSAY
Xerox, Apple, IBM, and Compaq all played major roles in the development
of the Personal Computer, or łPC,˛ 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, used only by zit-faced ł
nerds,˛ to the very machine I am typing this report on.

Xerox started everything off by creating the first personal computer,
the ALTO, in 1973. However, Xerox did not release the computer because they did
not think that was the direction the industry was going. This was the first of
many ...

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satisfied, but that wasnšt enough. In order to catapult the PC in to a big-time
product, Apple needed to make it marketable to the average Joe. This was made
possible by Visical, the home spread sheet. The Apple II was now a true-blue
product.

In order to compete with Applešs success, IBM needed something to set
its product apart from the others. So they developed a process called łopen
architecture.˛ 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 two major contenders for IBM. The other was
a man named Gary Kildall. IBM came to Kildall first, but he turned them away
(He has yet to stop kicking himself) and so they turned to Big Bad Bill Gates
and Microsoft.

Microsoft would continue supplying IBM with software ...

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Added: 3/3/2008 02:25:18 AM
Category: Computers
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 767
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