That closing statement is a real highlight of how lucky we are things went the way they did
To imagine a world without the IBM PC, look no further than an Apple Mac. It's sleek but locked down, with hardware you can't upgrade and compatibility limited to apps from recent years (Macs can have trouble running macOS apps from as late as the 2010s).
Without the IBM PC, home computers might have all followed this closed, proprietary path โ the PC was a historic win for tech enthusiasts.