Adam Osborne (6 March 1939 to 18 March 2003) was a British author, software publisher and computer designer, born in Bangkok, Thailand, who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere. He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer, which was produced by the company he founded, the Osborne Computer Corporation. His work as an author and software publisher preceded his move into building computers, and the Osborne 1 is the product for which he is best remembered in the history of personal computing.
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Adam Osborne (6 March 1939-18 March 2003) was a British author, software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere.
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He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer.
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Adam Osborne (6 March 1939-18 March 2003) was a British author, software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere.
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Osborne obtained the software in part by offering stock in the new Osborne Computer Corporation, which he founded in January 1981.
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