When the Computer Industry First Reached the Everyday Consumer, Commodore

question 5

Essay

When the computer industry first reached the everyday consumer, Commodore computers were extremely popular, and were the first computer ever purchase by many people. As other personal computers such as Apple and IBM entered the marketplace with word processing, data base programs, and a few games, Commodore kept its focus on games. From the perspective of the population ecology, explain what happened to these organizations over the long run, and why.

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