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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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And in 2005, the Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group purchased IBM's PC business. engineers were forming hobby clubs to learn about the new machines. and Wang Laboratories failed to appreciate that insight about standards, and they suffered. In December 2004, IBM announced it was selling its PC business to Lenovo for $1.75

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