At the beginning of the comparison period, IBM was also pretty heavy into products. For example, in the late 80s and even into the early 90s, the market for PCs was broken up into IBM PCs and compatibles. IBM was the PC.
IBM invented many of the technologies that went into the early PCs but pissed away their lead with every single one until we find ourselves today where they no longer manufacture anything that can be found in a modern PC as far as I can tell.
IBM invented many of the technologies that went into the early PCs but pissed away their lead with every single one until we find ourselves today where they no longer manufacture anything that can be found in a modern PC as far as I can tell.