ICL's One-Per-Desk telephony and computing device failed because of its proprietary design. Will Microsoft's Athens concept share the same fate, asks Tony Westbrook
Back in 1984, the UK's biggest IT company had the revolutionary idea of completely integrating telephony and computing into one device. It was called the ICL One-Per-Desk (OPD) and like many Britis...
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