IBM Licenses PC Patents (opens in new tab)

April 21, 1988 The Tandy Corporation holds a press conference to announce plans to build clones of IBM’s PS/2 system computers. The conference comes soon after IBM’s announcement that it would license patents on key PC technologies. IBM made this decision as they realized they were losing control of the “IBM-compatible” PC market and could make… IBM Licenses PC Patents is original content of This Day in Tech History.