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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 they were behind the eight ball. >> they look at the apple ii and say, huh, we could build one of t...

The lower carbon emissions. the whole world is doing it. if we don't have that c constraint, you're going to go to dirty coal, which is cheap, and of course you'll 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 government contracts for almost 20 years the united states government was the main purchaser of compute...

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. that's what germany does, that's 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 did with many technologies in the past, which produced the internet, which produced gps and every ...

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 ever existed in technology. >> because of this activity in personal computers it started to make ibm l...

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 america. and in technology, it was "the" most powerful company that had ever existed in technology. ...