On: The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics

[kazinator]

Atari ST and Intel PC are not distant categories. Both are "'home computer microcomputer' systems". Not all home computer systems can win, just like not all browsers can win, not all spreadsheets can win, not all ways of hooking up keyboards and mice to computers can win, ...

[cmrdporcupine → kazinator]

They were distant on market tier but most importantly on economies of scale. The Intel PC market grew exponentially.

[kazinator → cmrdporcupine]

Sure, but the economy of scale came from the success. The first IBM PC was a prototype wire-wrapped by hand on a large perf board.

When you switched to Intel in 1992, PC's had already existed since 1981. PC's didn't wipe out most other home computers overnight.