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#1 Income Generating Computer Business In 2003
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Apple Computer, Inc.
Competition from IBM
Apple's profits and size grew at a historic rate: by
1980 the company netted over $100 million and had more
than 1,000 employees. Its public offering in December
was the biggest since 1956, when the Ford Motor Company
had gone public. (Indeed, by the end of 1980, Apple's
valuation of nearly $2 billion was greater than Ford's.)
However, Apple would soon face competition from the computer
industry's leading player, International Business
Machines Corporation. IBM had waited for the personal computer
market to grow before introducing its own line of
personal computers, the IBM PC, in 1981. IBM broke with
its tradition of using only proprietary hardware
components and software and built a machine from readily
available components, including the Intel
microprocessor, and used DOS (disk operating system)
from the Microsoft Corporation. Because other
manufacturers could use the same hardware components
that IBM used, as well as license DOS from Microsoft,
new software developers could count on a wide IBM
PC-compatible market for their software. Soon the new
system had its own killer app: the Lotus 1-2-3
spreadsheet, which won an instant constituency in the
business community--a market that the Apple II had
failed to penetrate.
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Tigar Hare
Studios - High-end 3D computer animation and visual effects
for commercials, film, broadcast, and special venue. Gallery of
images from projects and contact information.
Educational
Computer Supplies - Computer accessories for educational
needs, offers mouse pads, and keyboard skins.
The Facts About
Computer "E-mail Viruses" - Eric Gerlitz' FAQ on
hoax viruses that arrive by email, and real viruses (last
updated 1999).
Kill a Computer -
Various computers are dropped from buildings or crushed by
steamrollers.
Women
and Computer Science - Articles about women in computer
science and links to both computer and internet resources.
Adapted Computer
Technologies - Specializes in systems integration and the
instruction in the use of computer assisted devices.
CD by Me - Custom labels
for computer and music CDs including options for weddings,
resumes, and music compilations.
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