Upenyu Hwekutanga
Osborne akaberekwa muThailand musi waMarch 6, 1939, kuvabereki veBritain uye akapedza nguva yakawanda yehuduku hwake muIndia. Akaenda chikoro uye akapedza kudzidza kubva kuBirmingham University muna 1961, akazowana purofesa yake. kubva kuYunivhesiti yeDelaware.
Akatanga basa rake semakemikari yemakemikari anoshandisa Shell Oil, ndokubva asiya kumavambo ekutanga kwema1970 kuti aite chido mumakombiyuta nekunyora kwezvigadzirwa.
Akagadzira Osborne Publishing muna 1972, inoshandiswa muzvinyorwa zvinyorwa zvemakombiyuta nyore nyore. Bhuku rake rokutanga uye zvichida rakakosha zvikuru raiva "An Introduction kuva Microcomputers." Zvinonzi, mamwe emabasa ekutanga aBill Gates naPaul Allen vakatora zvikuru kubva mubhuku rino. Kurambwa nevamwe vaparidzi, bhuku racho rakazotengesa makopi 300 000 uye raiva mushure weOsborne Publishing.
Pakazosvika 1977, Osborne Publishing yaive nemazita anopfuura makumi mana mumabhuku ayo, uye muna 1979, Osborne akatengesa kambani kuMcGraw-Hill kuti awane $ 3 mamiriyoni, achishandisa mari kuti atange Osborne Computer Corporation.
Osborne Computer Corporation
Muna 1981, akaunza kombiyuta yekutanga inotakura, inonzi Osborne 1. Yakayera makirogiramu makumi maviri nemaviri, inogona kugadzikana pasi pechigaro chengoro, uye inodhura madhora 1,795, kana inenge hafu yezvinodhura zvemakombiyuta kubva kune vamwe vakugadziri vane zvimwe zvakafanana.
Iyo kombiyuta yakashanda iyo CP / M inoshandiswa-inyanzvi yakakurumbira kusati yatanga MS-DOS-uye yakazara ikhibhodi yakakwana uye 5-inch, yakagadzirwa monochrome monitor. Iyo kambani yakatumira makombiyuta anopfuura 10 000 pamwedzi, uye yaifungidzirwa kubudirira kukuru, ichiwana $ 6 mamiriyoni muna 1981 uye $ 68 mamiriyoni mugore rinotevera.
Kuwa kweAsborne Computer
Chimwe chinhu chinokonzera kudengenyeka kwaOsborne Computers kwaiva apo Osborne akazvirumbidza kune vezvemashumo pamusoro pemakombiyuta maviri akakwirira iyo corporation yaishanda. Sales of the Osborne 1 dzinonzi dzakaomeswa sevatengi vakachengetwa nemichina itsva. Chigumisiro chacho chaive chekugadzira glut, uye kambani yakamanikidzwa kuisa kune kubhadhara. Kumukwikwidza kubva kuBM nevamwe mukukura kwekombiyuta yemakombiyutawo zvakakonzerawo kushungurudzwa kweAsborne Computer.
Mabhuku
Pashure pokuwa kwekambani yake yekombiyuta, Osborne akanyorera uye akabudisa mabhuku akawanda akanyanya kutengesa pamusoro pezvakaitika kwaari, kusanganisira "Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of Osborne Computer Corporation."
Software Publishing
Muna 1984, Osborne yakagadzira Paperback Software International, iyo inoshandiswa mumapuraneti asina mari. Izvo zvikwata zvekambani zvakataura Osborne pachake achikakavadzana kuti kana makambani efoni akashandisa pfungwa imwe chete kumatengo avo sekambani dzemapurogiramu, foni yaizoita madhora mazana matanhatu.
Lotus Corporation yakatsigira Paperback muna 1987, ichipikisa kuti imwe yemapurogiramu ePookback yakapesana neLotus 1-2-3 purogiramu. Izvi zvakaita kuti mutengi uye kuvimba kwemari vawedzere kutenderera mberi kwePureback, uye Lotus akakunda sutu muna 1990.
Osborne akaburuka kubva kambani nguva pfupi pashure pacho.
Rufu
Muna 1992, Osborne akadzokera kumba kwake muIndia mushure mekurwadziwa nekurohwa kwakawanda kunokonzerwa nechirwere chepfungwa chisingaperi. Akafa ava nemakore makumi matanhatu nematanhatu mugore ra2003 mune zvinyararire muKodaikanal, India.