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2024-05-22 18:01:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1B7DDCE9D326151EF33954420B2B485BC459ED7E25E0FEFECCB8D3653BA258FF
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Although Microsoft helped popularize the personal computer to the masses, the PC was not invented by Microsoft, as the poster says. There are a few people and companies that worked on that, including John Blankenbaker, Ed Roberts, IBM, Apple, Commodore, and others. https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/297 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/business/the-pc-that-old-thing-an-industry-s-founding-father-has-better-things-to-do.html
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