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Article #623545Re: RCA and GE--why did they fail in computers?
From: Iron Spring Software
Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 18:53
Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 18:53
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On 05/21/2018 02:06 PM, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: > In the 1950s and 1960s, computers were the hot growing thing, > and a lot of companies got into them. Some were large, some > were small. > > Two big companies were GE and RCA. Both had extensive product > lines that already served industry, so they should've known how > to market and support complex technical products. GE, among > other products, sold power plants. RCA sold television stations. > > Anyone care to comment on what went wrong with them? > As far as GE goes, upper management never wanted to get into the computer business. It was snuck in thru the back door and never had higher-level support.
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