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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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OQO put a PC in your pocket. The bill was $1,899.
Hardware · Enterprise · Consumer

OQO put a PC in your pocket. The bill was $1,899.

OQO made Windows small enough to carry in a coat pocket. Its rise and closure reveal the awkward economics of making a familiar machine radically smaller.

ultra-mobile-pc · pocket-computersRead →
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ADD Systems and the art of arriving before empty
Enterprise · Saas · Hardware

ADD Systems and the art of arriving before empty

A former oil-truck driver built a software business around knowing when the tank would run dry. More than fifty years later, ADD Systems still makes its living in the gap between a delivery and a disaster.

add-systems · energy-distributionRead →
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The Company That Sold You the Bag, the Dock, and Everything In Between
Hardware · Consumer · Enterprise

The Company That Sold You the Bag, the Dock, and Everything In Between

Targus made the first laptop case 40-plus years ago. It survived by owning the boring, essential stuff everyone forgets to buy until they need it - and by turning old bottles into backpacks.

laptop-bags · laptop-casesRead →