pcl@hlexa.UUCP (Paul C. Lustgarten) (03/26/84)
From: notes@hlexa.UUCP Newsgroups: pr.presstp WILL IBM SHIFT STRATEGY? New York Times, Mar. 22, p. D2. IBM's "open architecture" strategy regarding its PCs may be changing. In spite of denials by IBM, indications are in the rise that IBM's days of designing an "open architecture" system, made largely with off-the-shelf parts, may be over. The strategy has allowed other companies to write many programs and make peripheral equipment for the PC, thus enhancing its attractiveness to users. But observers speculate that IBM wants to regain control of its computer's destiny. Analysts believe the first truly "proprietary" PC may be introduced later this year, which will be capable of high-resolution graphics and displaying "windows" at high speed, and based on the Intel 80286 microprocessor.