Obomi bakwangoko
U-Osborne wazalelwa eThailand ngo-Matshi 6, 1939, kubazali baseBrithani waza wasebenzisa ubuninzi bakhe ebuntwaneni baseIndiya. Waye esikolweni waza waphumelela kwiYunivesithi yaseBirmingham ngo-1961, kamva wathola iFP. kwiYunivesithi yaseDelaware.
Waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengenjineli yeekhemikhali esebenza kwi-Shell Oil, kwaye washiya kwiminyaka yokuqala yee-1970 ukuze aqhube umdla kwiikhomputha kunye nokubhala ubugcisa.
Waqulunqa i-Osborne Publishing ngowe-1972, ngokugqithiseleyo kwiincwadi zekhompyutha ezilula. Incwadi yakhe yokuqala kunye mhlawumbi enomdla "yayiyiNtshayelelo yabancinci." Kubikwa ukuba, enye yomsebenzi wokuqala kuBill Gates noPaul Allen wathatha kakhulu kule ncwadana. Echaswe ngabanye abavakalisi, ekugqibeleni incwadi yathengisa iikopi ezingama-300 000 kwaye yayingumqolo we-Osborne Publishing.
Ngowe-1977, i-Osborne Publishing yayinezihloko ezingaphezu kwe-40 kwikhathalogu yayo, kwaye ngo-1979, u-Osborne wathengisa inkampani kwi-McGraw-Hill ngenkohlakalo eyi-$ 3 yezigidi, esebenzisa imali ukuqalisa i-Osborne Computer Corporation.
Osborne Computer Corporation
Ngowe-1981, wazisa ikhompyutha yokuqala yokuqala, ebizwa ngokuba yi-Osborne 1. Yalinganisa iipounds ezingama-23, yayingena phantsi kwesihlalo seenqwelo, kwaye ibiza i-$ 1,795, okanye malunga nesiqingatha indleko zeekhomputha ezivela kwabanye abenzi bezinto ezinokufana.
Ikhompyutheni yaqhuba inkqubo yokusebenza ye-CP / M-umgangatho oqhelekileyo ngaphambi kokusungulwa kwe-MS-DOS-kwaye ibonise ikhibhodi epheleleyo kunye ne-intshi e-5, eyongeziweyo yongqameko lwe-monochrome. Le nkampani yathumela iikhomputha ezingaphezu kwe-10,000 ngenyanga, kwaye yayiyimpumelelo enkulu, ifumana i-$ 6 yezigidi ngo-1981 kunye ne-$ 68 yezigidi ngonyaka olandelayo.
Ukuwa kwe-Computer yaseOsborne
Enye into ebangela ukuba i-Osborne Computers 'yawa phantsi xa u-Osborne eqhayisa kwiindaba eziendaba malunga neekhompyutha ezimbini eziphambili. Ukuthengiswa kwe-Osborne 1 kuthiwa yomile njengoko abathengi bebanjelwe oomatshini abatsha. Isiphumo sasiyi-glut yolwazi, kwaye inkampani yaphoqelelwa ukuba ifake i-bankruptcy. Ukhuphiswano oluvela kwi-IBM nakwabanye kwimveliso yekhompyutheni ekhulayo yanikezela neengxaki ze-Osborne Computer.
Iincwadi
Emva kokuwa kweenkampani zakhe zekhompyutheni, u-Osborne wabhala waza wapapasha iincwadi ezininzi ezithengisayo malunga namava akhe, kuquka "Hypergrowth: Ukunyuka nokuwa kwe-Osborne Computer Corporation."
Ukushicilelwa kweSofthiwe
Ngo-1984, u-Osborne wasungula i-Paperback Software International, ekhethekileyo kwisofthiwe yekhompyutha engabizi. Iintengiso zeenkampani zenza u-Osborne ngokwakhe ephikisana nokuba iinkampani zeefowuni zasebenzisa ingcamango efanayo kwimilinganiselo yazo njengenkampani ze-software, ifowuni yayiza kubiza i-$ 600.
I-Lotus Corporation ilandele i-Paperback ngo-1987, iphikisana nokuba enye yeeprogram zePookback iphule inkqubo yeLotus 1-2-3. Oku kwagxotha abathengi kunye nentembelo-ntembelo ekuhlahleni kwePhepha, kwaye uLotus wayinqoba i-suit ngo-1990.
U-Osborne wehla kwi nkampani kungekudala emva koko.
Ukufa
Ngo-1992, u-Osborne wabuyela ekhaya lakhe e-India emva kokubanjelwa iintlungu ezininzi ezibangelwa yintlupheko yesifo sengqondo. Wafa eneminyaka engama-64 ngowama-2003 ngobudlelwane obukhulu eKodaikanal, eIndiya.