Technology Liberation Front - Latest Comments in Reverse Engineering and Innovation: Some Exampleshttp://tlf.disqus.com/The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.enWed, 21 Jun 2006 10:56:43 -0000Re: Reverse Engineering and Innovation: Some Exampleshttp://techliberation.com/2006/06/21/reverse-engineering-and-innovation-some-examples/#comment-1446330<p>The most famous reverse engineering case in computers has to be Compaqs (and then others) reverse engineering of the IBM BIOS which allowed the cheap clone market to explode in the mid 1980s.</p><p>Compaq was immediately innovative since it sold a transportable computer which IBM did not. And then when IBM wandered off into the PS/2 dead end, IBM Clones without IBM preserved the vibrant computer market that remains to this day.</p>Duncan FrissellWed, 21 Jun 2006 10:56:43 -0000