Osborne

From: David Vohs <netsurfer_x1_at_fastmailbox.net>
Date: Mon Mar 24 23:40:00 2003

Indeed, the man was quite a genius in his time.

Sometimes it makes me wonder what the computer world (especially the
portables market!) would be like if he had never joined the business.

That's some food for thought, huh?

> Sorry to hear that. Seems like quite a guy.
> <bows head>
>
> Eric
>
> "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
> >
> > Adam Osborne is dead.
> >
> > Osborne Books (sold, became Osborne McGraw Hill)
> > Osborne Computer (when you brag too much about your NEXT product, you kill
> > sales of the current one)
> > Paperback Software (killed by Lotus for being a Visi-clone too similar to
> > their Visi-clone)
>
-- 
  David Vohs
  netsurfer_x1_at_fastmailbox.net
-- 
http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely different
Received on Mon Mar 24 2003 - 23:40:00 GMT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:36:13 BST