This caused him to create the first successful commercial PC in 1976 ... to them in the future. In early 1980, Mr. Estridge and Mr. Lowe lobbied IBM’s CEO at the time, John Opel, to gain ...

Following the lead of companies like Atari and Apple, which had dipped their toe into the PC market in the late 1970s, IBM CEO Frank Cary decided in 1980 that ... made with commercial off-the ...