[Elecraft] Spilling the HF beans .....

[David Wilburn]

I worked at IBM in Boca Raton at the time.  An acquaintance, broke into 
the section behind where our systems were (at the time IBM had just 
started their luggable, to compete with Osbourne) and stole engineering 
diagrams and system information.  He flew to California, and tried to 
sell it to Osbourne.  Osbourne talked with the FBI, and he had the 
opportunity to sell the items to the FBI.

David Wilburn
dave.wilburn at verizon.net
K4DGW
K2 #5982


Bill Coleman wrote:
> 
> On Mar 3, 2007, at 11:23 AM, John Young wrote:
> 
>> If my memory is still working I recall Osbone made a very nice CP/M
>> computer in the dark ages.  When the owner announced that the next
>> model would be IBM PC compatible, all orders for the CP/M system ended
>> and the company went broke.
> 
> In the business literature, this is known as the "Osbourne Effect" for 
> this reason.
> 
> 
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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