The 30th Anniversary of Osborne Computer 81
harrymcc writes "This Sunday is the thirtieth anniversary of the announcement of the Osborne 1 — the first mass-produced mobile computer. For years, Osborne has been most famous for its failure, traditionally blamed on the company having preannounced new products before they were available. But that's not the whole story — and Adam Osborne, its founder, was a fascinating figure who deserves to be remembered."
Re:Wow... thirty years ago... (Score:3, Funny)
What's really scary is that I remember it!
No, that's just mildly depressing. Scary is when you have an old receipt for one but you don't remember it.
Re:Adam Osborne.... fascinating? No. (Score:4, Funny)
Apropos of that, see http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Tell_Adam_Hes_An_Asshole.txt&showcomments=1#comments [folklore.org]
Jobs was a bit of a dick but, he was mostly right...