Iyini indaba yokuncipha kwe-Wang Computer?
Context:I-Wang Labs yayingenye yezinkampani eziningi zamakhompyutha zaseNew England ezahluleka ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1980 kanye nama-1990, okuphawula ukuphela kwesimangaliso saseMassachusetts. Ngokwesibonelo, i-Digital Equipment Corporation eyayibhekene nobunzima nayo yanciphisa izisebenzi zayo ngawo-1990 futhi yathengwa i-Compaq.  Umbono ovamile ngaphakathi komphakathi we-PC wukuthi iWang Labs yahluleka ngoba yayikhethekile kumakhompyutha aklanyelwe ngokukhethekile ukucubungula umbhalo futhi ayibonanga futhi ayikwazanga ukuncintisana namakhompyutha omuntu jikelele anesoftware yokucubungula umbhalo ngawo-1980. Ukucubungula amagama empeleni kwakungeyona into eyinhloko ebhizinisini likaWang ngesikhathi ama-computer asendaweni eqala ukuthandwa. Nakuba uWang ayenza ama-desktop, ibhizinisi layo eliyinhloko ngawo-1980 kwakuwumugqa walo we-VS wamakhompyutha amancane nezinhlelo ze-"midframe". Imakethe yalezi minicomputer yanqotshwa ama-microcomputer athuthukisiwe afana ne-Apple Macintosh ne-Wintel PC kanye namaseva e-Sun, IBM, ne-Hewlett-Packard.  Ukuphikelela kuka-An Wang kokuthi indodana yakhe, uFred Wang, imlandele kwaba nomthelela ekuhlulekeni kwenkampani. UCharles C. Kenney wabhala ukuthi uFred Wang wayethweswe iziqu esikoleni sezamabhizinisi, "kodwa cishe nganoma iyiphi incazelo, wayengakufanelekele umsebenzi uyise ayembeke kuwo". Isabelo sakhe, okokuqala njengenhloko yocwaningo nentuthuko, bese kuba ngumongameli wenkampani, saholela ekuhoxisweni kwabasebenzi be-R & D nabamabhizinisi abalulekile. Phakathi nokwehla kwemali engenayo, uJohn F. Cunningham, osebenze iminyaka engu-18 kule nkampani, washiya isikhundla sokuba ngumongameli kanye ne-COO yeWang Labs ukuze abe ngusihlalo kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu seComputer Consoles Inc. UCunningham washiya isikhundla sakhe ngenxa yokungavumelani no-An Wang mayelana nokuthi angayikhipha kanjani inkampani enkingeni, kanye nokucasuka ukuthi uFred Wang ubekwe, ngokungenangqondo, njengomlandeli ka-An Wang.  Enye inguquko yenzeka lapho uFred Wang engumphathi we-R & D. Ngo-October 4, 1983, iWang Laboratories yamemezela imikhiqizo eyishumi nane emikhulu ye-hardware ne-software futhi yathembisa izinsuku zokulethwa. Lesi simemezelo samukelwa kahle, kodwa ngisho nangaleso sikhathi, kwakukhona izimpawu eziyisixwayiso. Ngokwe-Datamation, uWang wamemezela "konke ngaphandle kosinki wasekhishini. Futhi uma unganamathisela isinki yasekhishini kwikhompyutha yomuntu siqu, nabo babeyokumemezela lokho". Imikhiqizo embalwa kakhulu yayiseduze nokuqedwa, futhi eminingi yayo yayingakaqali ngisho nokuqalwa. Zonke zafika sekwephuzile, uma kukhona. Uma ngibheka emuva, lokhu kwabizwa ngokuthi "isimemezelo se-vaporware", futhi kwalimaza ukwethembeka kukaFred Wang nama-Wang Laboratories.  Ngo-1986, uFred Wang, owayeneminyaka engu-36 ubudala ngaleso sikhathi, wamiswa njengomongameli weWang Laboratories. Nokho, inhlanhla yenkampani yaqhubeka iyanda. Ngokungafani nezinkampani eziningi zamakhompyutha ezazisekela ukukhula kwazo ngokukhishwa kwamasheya, u-An Wang wayesebenzise isikweletu ukuze agweme ukucwilisa okunye ukulawula komndeni kule nkampani. Ngo - August 1989, leso sikweletu sasibangela izingxabano nabakweletwayo. Ngo-August 4, 1989, u-An Wang waxosha indodana yakhe. URichard W. Miller, owayesebenze kule nkampani kusukela ngo-1988, wamthatha esikhundleni sokuba ngumongameli weWang Laboratories.  UMiller wamemezela ngoDisemba 1989 ukuthi inkampani izoqala ukwamukela izindinganiso zesofthiwe ezisemthethweni kunokusebenzisa imiklamo yendabuko. U-An Wang washona ngo-March 1990, futhi uMiller wathatha izikhundla ezengeziwe njengosihlalo nomphathi omkhulu. Le nkampani yahlela kabusha izinto eziningi futhi yaqeda isikweletu sayo sasebhange ngo-August 1990, kodwa yaphetha unyaka inenani eliphakeme elilahlekile.  NgoNovemba 1990, uWang wamemezela amakhompyutha abo okuqala asebenza nge-Unix. Ngo-1987, uWang wasungula uhlelo olusha lokuhlela ngokubambisana ne-Arlington, MA-based Texet Corp. Uhlelo lwalusebenzisa amaphrinta e-Xerox neziteshi zokusebenza ze-UNIX ezivela eSun, kepha umkhiqizo wanyamalala ngaphambi kokufika emakethe, ngoba bambalwa abasebenzi bakaWang ababekwazi ukusebenzisa noma ukusekela i-UNIX. I-UNIX yayigijima ku-VS <unk> I-Interactive Systems yaqala ukufaka i-IN/ix (inguqulo yabo ye-IBM 360 ye-SYS5 UNIX) ukuze isebenze emshinini we-VSOS Virtual cishe ngo-1985, bese onjiniyela bakaWang baqedela itheku ukuze lisebenze "ngokwemvelo" ku-VS hardware kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho <unk> kodwa ukusebenza bekuhlala kungalingani njengoba i-UNIX ibingakaze ilingane kahle nemvelo ye-batch-mode ye-VS hardware, kanye nendlela yokucubungula umugqa wesikhathi esithathwe yiziteshi zomsebenzi ze-VS; empeleni, ikhodi yesiteshi somsebenzi kwakudingeka ibhalwe kabusha ukuhlanganisa ukucindezela ngakunye kukhibhodi ibe yisakhelo esizothunyelwa emuva kumphathi lapho kuqhutshwa i-UNIX ukuze kusetshenziswe ukucubungula isitayela se- "tty". I-PACE, eyayihlinzeka ngesichazamazwi sayo sedatha, ubuqotho obuhle kakhulu bokubhekisela, nokuthuthukiswa kwesicelo okusheshayo, yayisemkhankasweni wokudluliselwa ku-UNIX ngaphansi kwegama elithi OPEN Pace. Imodeli ye-RDBMS yamakhasimende-amaseva eyakhelwe emcabangweni womkhiqizo wokuqala, i-OPEN Pace yaboniswa ezingqungqutheleni zeqembu labasebenzisi be-PACE eNyakatho Melika eBoston naseChicago. I-OPEN Pace, kanye ne-word processor entsha esekelwe ku-Windows ebizwa nge-UpWord (eyayicatshangwa ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi ingumncintiswano onamandla wokuthatha ubuholi bemakethe bokuqala bukaWang kusuka kwaMicrosoft), yabhengezwa njengesiqondiso sabo esisha. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kocwaningo lokumaketha [citation needed] kusikisela ukuthi kuzodinga ukutshala imali enkulu ukuze kube nokuncintisana okusebenzayo ngokumelene neMicrosoft, zombili lezi zinhlelo zalahlwa.  U-Ira Magaziner, owaqashwa uMiller ngo-1990, wasikisela ukuba uWang aphume ngokuphelele ekukhiqizeni amakhompyutha, futhi esikhundleni salokho angene kakhulu kwisofthiwe yokuthwebula izithombe. Ngo-March 1991, inkampani yethula isu layo lokumaketha i-Office 2000, igxile ekukhiqizeni ihhovisi.  NgoJuni 1991, uWang waqala ukuthengisa kabusha amakhompyutha e-IBM, ukuze i-IBM itshale imali esitokisini sikaWang. Isu likaWang lokuthengisa kabusha i-IBM RS/6000s lalifaka nokuqhubeka nokuphishekela isoftware ye-UNIX.  Ngo-Agasti 1991, uWang wanqoba icala elibhekene ne-NEC neToshiba ethi kwephuliwe amalungelo obunikazi kaWang kumamojula enkumbulo angena emgqeni owodwa (i-SIMM). Le nkampani yaqhubeka yafaka ukulahlekelwa okuphelele ngonyaka wezimali ka-1991.  I-Wang Laboratories yafaka isicelo sokuvikelwa ngokuqothuka ngo-August 18, 1992, ngesikhathi lapho inkampani izama ukunikeza imvume kusuka ezinkambisweni ezizimele kuya ezivulekile kubhekwa ngababukezi abathile "njengokuncane kakhulu futhi sekwephuze kakhulu
Umsunguli u-An Wang waphoqa indodana yakhe enokuhlangenwe nakho uFred Wang wayezohola inkampani ngemva kokufa kwakhe.