BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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Increase on projections by 500%
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Increase on projections by 600%
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Increase on projections by 700%
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Increase on projections by 800%
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1983, IBM sold more than 750, 000 machines, while Digital Equipment Corporation, one of the companies whose success had spurred IBM to enter the market, sold only 69, 000.
Detailed explanation-2: -Soon after taking over as CEO, Palmisano determined that IBM’s personal computing business would have minimal room for innovation, so he decided to sell. This caused fervent internal debate mainly because its PC division was still profitable at the time. However, IBM indeed sold the branch to Lenovo in 2004.
Detailed explanation-3: -IBM’s essential contributions were to position the technology as suitable for wide use and to set a technology standard. Rivals were compelled to meet a demand that they had all grossly underestimated. As such, IBM had a greater effect on the PC’s acceptance than did Apple, Compaq, Dell, and even Microsoft.
Detailed explanation-4: -IBM and its predecessor companies made clocks and other time recording products for 70 years, culminating in the 1958 sale of the IBM Time Equipment Division to Simplex Time Recorder Company.