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We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good product.

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Adam Osborne
Age: 64 †
Born: 1939
Born: March 6
Died: 2003
Died: March 18
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Computer Scientist
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Entrepreneur
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