18. The True Story Behind Halt And Catch Fire - An Interview With Rod Canion
Internet History Podcast
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The Unexpected Twist of the IBM PC
Every software company that existed at the time was because IBM was just- they were the leader by far. They had come into the market with a little bit of an advanced product but not anything really that forehead of anybody else. We hired the best intellectual property attorney we could find and use their strict guidance to help us do the reverse engineering very carefully. But the totally unexpected twist was we couldn't have done it if IBM hadn't done exactly what they did," he said.
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