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Canion, Rod.

Open : how Compaq ended IBM’s PC domination and helped invent modern computing / Rod Canion.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-937856-99-1 (trade cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-936661-92-3 (electronic) 1. Compaq Computer Corporation. 2. Computer industry—United States—History. 3. Microcomputers—United States—History. 4. IBM microcomputers—History. 5. COMPAQ Portable Computer—History. I. Title.

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