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My first job in the PC business was building and selling XT clones, followed
by AT clones and the occasional 386, back in the mid-80's. That company suffered
a spectacular flameout after a little over a year in business. The pattern
is a familiar one. It's easy to get sales if you're willing to work hard
at it and sell at a loss, but it's not much of a business model. I've been
in and out of the computer business since then, spending most of my time
building and repairing PC's, both onsite and in the shop. The longest lasting
stint I did involved more software support and engineering services, working
with industrial PC process controls. These days, computer technicians spend
a huge chunk of their time fighting malware infestations, and a lot less
time fooling around with basic operating system issues, which are finally
approaching th plug-n-play status we were promised two decades ago. These
days, I spend more time writing books than anything else, though I keep my
hand in the PC game enough to stay current. This particular book is my favorite,
it's not a cheerleading book, I wrote it with all the failures I've seen
in mind, guy's losing their houses by betting it all on a losing business
plan. However, it's proved very popular not only with those starting out
in the computer business but also with long time veterans, who seem to think
I have a sense of humor. Go figure:-)
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