Dearly Departed: Computer companies that didn't deserve to die

[thewayne]

Well, arguably didn't deserve to die. I remember (and worked with) a lot of these technologies, it's really a shame how many were bought out just to kill them to prevent a competitor from getting them.

I particularly miss Borland. Their Turbo series of compilers for $50 a pop was an unbeatable deal and literally an industry standard. They also had a killer spreadsheet called Quattro and a very slick word processor that was the first, AFAIK, to offer real-time spell check.

http://www.cio.com/article/print/125263

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[silveradept]

I'm a bit too young to have used most of those in their office and professional capacities, but I do recognize at least a few of the names, and I cut my teeth on a Commodore, like many others. I wonder if in fifty years, people will be lamenting the death of Microsoft in a piece like this.