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The big breakthrough in making computing accessible to all was the Personal Computer, which was developed into the mass market by IBM. There were PCs before the IBM PC, but they were not successfully marketed at a huge scale.
IBM bought the disk operating system, the software to make the machine work, from Microsoft. Microsoft had itself bought the system from Seattle Software Works and they just licensed it to IBM.
There were other disk operating systems out there, including the very popular CP/M and MS-DOS was more or less derived from and very similar to CP/M.
The IBM PC took off spectacularly, and Microsoft became very rich. But their flair was (and still is) in marketing, not in invention. Mice, windows interfaces, desktop images, icons, etc. etc, were invented elsewhere, some by Xerox at their Palo Alto research centre, some by Apple, and quite a lot from the various Unix flavours out there.
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Bill Gates and Steve Jobs changed the world by making computers accessible to the general public.
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Are malpractice suits public record and accessible to the public?
Yes, malpractice suits are typically public record and accessible to the public.
Are home sale prices public record and accessible to the public?
Yes, home sale prices are public record and accessible to the public.
Are home sales public record and accessible to the general public?
Yes, home sales are public record and accessible to the general public.
How do you use a PUBLIC element in Java language?
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Yes, dissertations are typically public and accessible to the general public through university libraries or online databases.
Are HUD statements considered public record and accessible to the general public?
Yes, HUD statements are considered public record and are accessible to the general public.
When is wind energy expected to be easily accessible to the general public?
It is expected to be easily accessible to the general public in 2015
Are a companies stock reports accessible to the public?
Yes, some companies stock reports are accessible to the public. Stock reports are accessible from the public. Sometimes companies do not publish their stock reports for various reasons.
Are child custody records public and accessible to the general public?
Child custody records are typically not public and accessible to the general public. These records are usually considered confidential and are only accessible to the parties involved in the custody case, such as the parents, their attorneys, and the court.
How do you make a sentence with accessible word?
Public buildings should be accessible to wheelchairs.
