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Parallel Bets, Microsoft, and AI Strategies — MatthewBall.co

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The first IBM Personal Computer debuted in August 1981. It was also the first computer to use Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system (technically, a nearly identical copy known as IBM PC DOS, also known as PC DOS or IBM DOS). At the time, Unix held a roughly 55% share of the market for operating systems running on personally owned devices; the rest was split between Xerox’s Alto (launched in 1973 for proto-PCs), CP/M (1974, for microcomputers), TRSDOS (1977, also microcomputers), Commodore KERNEL (1977, home computers), Atari DOS (1979, home computers), Apple’s DOS (1978, microcomputers), and SOS (1980, microcomputers). By 1985, MS-DOS had amassed more than 50% market share. By 1989, it held just under 90%. Despite Microsoft’s success throughout the 1980s, the company’s founder and CEO, Bill Gates, suspected that DOS was approaching its end. Each year, there were more people who owned a PC, even more who used one as part of work, and leisure usage was growing rapidly, as was the number of

UPDATED: Parallel Bets, Microsoft, and AI Strategies Artificial Intelligence General Strategy May 23 Written By Matthew Ball The first IBM Personal Computer debuted in August 1981. It was also the first computer to use Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system (technically, a nearly identical copy known as IBM PC DOS, also known as PC DOS or IBM DOS). At the time, Unix held a roughly 55% share of the market for operating systems running on personally owned devices; the rest was split between Xerox’s Alto (launched in 1973 for proto-PCs), CP/M (1974, for microcomputers), TRSDOS (1977, also microcompu

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