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Whatever happened to...Compaq

Published: July 12, 2021, 10:30 a.m.

Coming up on this week\u2019s episode, disrupting is all fun and games. Until such time as you become the disrupted.

As we see with the rise. And fall. Of Compaq computers.

Compaq - the brainchild of three friends from Houston, Texas \u2013 disrupted the computer hardware market by, initially, boldly playing in IBM\u2019s slipstream. And subsequently, transforming and mastering what was, at the time, the burgeoning value chain that was computer hardware manufacturing. Creating for itself multiple competitive advantages.

And then, Compaq became the disrupted. Its momentum had the kibosh put it. It\u2019s competitive advantages \u2013 and there were a few - eroded. To the point that we now ask today, whatever happened to Compaq.

On this week\u2019s episode of the Risktory Podcast, we find out. Tip: it\u2019s exactly what you think happened.

The Risktory Podcast is created, written, hosted and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

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Bibliography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq
https://www.pcguide.com/news/what-happended-to-compaq/
https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-did-compaq-fail/
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Compaq-timeline-2047450.php