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This personal computer costs about $1400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance five years ago would have cost $75,000 and required a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> it made these mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america. and in technology, it was "the" most powerful company that had ever existed in technology. >> because of this activity in personal computers it started to make ibm look like...

The lower carbon emissions. the whole world is doing it. if we dont have that c constraint, youre going to go to dirty coal, which is cheap, and of course youll go to other forms of dirty energy. why do we have the greatest technology sector in the world? and why do we have the greatest computer companies in the world? in the 1950s, the united states government bought over half of all computer chips produced, none of which made money. much too expensive. relied on government subsidies and govern...

Age. do you know why? because in the 1950s, the government of the united states bought more than half of all computer chips produced. they were bought at extra o extraorbinant costs and then they started to buy the mainframe computers up to the point where the costs go down. that is what is happening in clean technology. thats what germany does, thats what china does because they see that the future is going to be a land of clean energy and they want to dominate it. so just as the united states ...

Commodore grabbing three quarters othmarket. this personal computer costs about $1400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance five years ago would have cost $75,000 and required a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> when the average american saw a computer, they thought of ibm. it made these mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america. and in technology, it was "the" most powerful company that had ev...

The business of at least 25 companies, with radio shack, apple and commodore grabbing three quarters of the market. this personal computer costs about $1400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance five years ago would have cost $75,000 and required a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> when the average american bought a computer, they thought of ibm. it made these mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in ...

A public market. >> personal computers have been the business of at least 25 companies, with radio shack and commodore grabbing three quarters of the market. this personal computer costs about $1400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance five years ago would have cost $75,000 and required a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> it made these mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america. and in technolo...

Desk corner. duplicating its performance just five years ago would have cost $75,000 and involve a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> when the average american thought computer they thought ibm. it made mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america and in technology, it was the most powerful company that had ever existed in technology. >> because of this activity in personal computers, it started to make ibm look like it w...

Become the business of at least 25 manufacturers with three companies, radio shack, apple and commodore, grabbing three-quarters of the market. >> this personal computer costs about $1400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance just five years ago would have cost $75,000 and involve a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> when the average american thought computer they thought ibm. it made mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most p...

Three-quarters of the market. >> this personal computer costs about $1400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance just five years ago would have cost $75,000 and involve a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> when the average american thought computer they thought ibm. it made mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america and in technology, it was the most powerful company that had ever existed in techn...

Entrepreneur. darlie stayed at home to care for the children. >> this was a young couple who had made good. darin owned his own business. in 1995 he had made close to $300,000 in his business. in his business he repaired mainframe computers and had extensive contracts with government agencies. >> on the night of the attack, darin was asleep upstairs with 8-month-old drake. downstairs in the family room, the two older boys fell asleep watching television. their mother darlie was asleep on the sof...