Chronicles Revisited Podcast 6 — Osborne's Last Stand

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Adam Osborne made a name for himself in the 1970s as one of the first successful authors and publishers of computer books. After selling his publishing company to McGraw-Hill, Osborne launched a computer hardware manufacturer, which produced the famous Osborne-1 portable microcomputer. When that business collapsed in 1983, Osborne shifted to software with his third and final venture, Paperback Software International. Unfortunately, Osborne’s decision to copy a competitor’s menu design for his own program proved his undoing after a lengthy lawsuit that proved a critical battle in the evolving legal battle over software copyrights. Computer Chronicles Revisited, Part 86 — Lotus HAL, What’sBest!, VP-Planner, Javelin Plus, and Silk Computer Chronicles Revisited, Part 23 — Steve Wozniak, Adam Osborne, Lore Harp, and Gene Amdahl Osborne-1 Computer (Steve’s Old Computer Museum) Portable computer pioneer Adam Osborne dies (The Register, 2003) Broderbund Software, Inc. v. Unison World, Inc. (1986) Digital Communications Associates, Inc. v. Softklone Distributing Corporation (1987) Lotus Development Corporation v. Paperback Software International (1990) Lotus Development Corporation v. Borland International, Inc. (1995) Podcast Music: “Scenic Detour” by Melody Ayres-Griffiths