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...catch on, mainly because of glitches and constant delays. As a result, the duo that created the industry's hottest product of the 1980s is parting ways. IBM is developing its upgrade of OS/2, while Microsoft is making a separate version, setting up a competition for dominance in desktop computers, the most important segment of an important industry. "It's an interesting sideshow," says Gates. "But it will be the marketplace that decides the winner...
...organizing up to 3,000 missions a day? "We have a lot of computers," says Lieut. General Charles Horner, the allied air commander. The exact number of machines is unknown, but a Texas supply house reports that Central Command gave it a rush order last month for 1,300 desktop computers, 1,300 laser printers, 350 laptops, 10 local-area networks and an assortment of peripheral equipment (including dust covers and cleaning kits) with a delivery date of "no later than...
...field that thrives on breakneck innovation, the personal-computer industry has not come up with a lot of fresh ideas of late. Since the introduction of the desktop computer in 1977, the laptop computer in 1983 and the Macintosh in 1984, there have been quite a few additional improvements but precious little that has been truly new and different. Progress, as they say in the business, has been evolutionary, not revolutionary...
...least on paper, the AT&T-NCR combination looks like a good match. NCR, known for its electronic cash registers and automated-teller machines, is a leading maker of midsize and desktop computers. With revenues of $5.96 billion last year, it is the fifth largest U.S. computer manufacturer (after IBM, Digital Equipment, Unisys and Hewlett-Packard). What excites AT&T, however, is not NCR's market share but the potential for linking its own long-distance telephone system to NCR's worldwide network of cash registers and ATMs. That would give AT&T significant entree into the exploding business...
...mock Montrachet is probably reaching retailers through "gray-market" sales that bypass the U.S. distribution system, according to Wilson Daniels Ltd., DRC's American distributor, which denies any connection to the fakes. The counterfeiters produced a remarkable copy of a legitimate DRC bottle, perhaps by using a desktop computer. But a sharp-eyed Japanese consumer noticed that the vineyard designations on his bottles of Montrachet, vouching for the wine's authenticity, actually listed the name of a DRC red wine, and alerted Wilson Daniels. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is investigating...