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The Man Who Beat IBM

Compaq’s Rod Canion broke Big Blue’s hold on the PC market—and changed computing forever

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I was living and working in both Seattle and Mountain View during the early years this story was playing out. Learned DOS on my CompQ, CPM on my Osborne, and for a short while participated in introducing DEC’s Rainbow PC to the retail market. This essay brought back some amazing memories. Thanks.