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The IBM PC: The Most Influential Non-Invention (www.techspot.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Given all the hobbyists at the time, it was inevitable.

If Phoenix hadn't won their BIOS case, they likely would've written their own from scratch anyway. Then we would've had a locked-down IBM PC (because they would've locked the BIOS), and an open Phoenix BIOS.