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...publicity has triggered a certain amount of hysteria. Systems managers have imposed elaborate quarantines on their companies' machines. Computer columnists have advised readers to put their PCs under lock and key and, in one radical proposal, to disconnect their machines permanently from all data networks and telephone lines. Data-processing managers have rushed to stock up on antiviral programs. "We're seeing panic buying by those who have already been hit," says William Agne, president of ComNetco, which publishes Viru- Safe. When a virus showed up at the University of Delaware, the assistant manager of academic computing services immediately bought...
...clones; the company even began demanding a 5% licensing fee from companies that sought to copy the PS/2. But the Micro Channel has proved too distinctive for its own good. Because it does not fully mesh with the old PC standard, the 34.8 million users of the original IBM PCs and IBM-compatible machines cannot use their peripheral equipment with the new PS/2 computers...
...behind its rivals in growth. While competitors are expected to sell 11.6 million machines this year, 26% more than in 1987, IBM's unit sales are likely to grow 18%. Even though minicomputers and mainframes account for the bulk of IBM's total revenues ($54.2 billion in 1987) and PCs for only 10%, the desktop market has become a high-prestige field of competition...
Dell's fast rise is evidence that the computer industry is still fertile ground for newcomers. With a bankroll of just $1,000, Michael Dell, 23, started selling discount IBM PCs in 1984 as a freshman at the University of Texas. By last year his company was the eleventh largest U.S. maker of personal computers (fiscal 1988 sales: $159 million). But Dell faces tough competition. Three days after its announcement, Fort Worth-based Tandy said it will begin selling PS/2-compatible machines in June...
While IBM still carries heavy clout in the market for large mainframe computers, the company is getting bullied in two important product categories: personal and midsize machines. With its PCs holding sway as the industry's standard for business applications, IBM once commanded nearly 40% of the $25 billion personal-computer market. Today, IBM's share has shrunk to less than 30% as its recent models have suffered assaults from competing formats like Apple's versatile Macintosh. IBM's newest line of personal computers, the Personal System/2, got off to an initially promising start after its introduction last April, selling...