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Arthur Osbourne[edit]

Arthur Osborne, father of Adam Osborne, was not a guru in India. He was one of the western disciples of Ramana Maharshi and wrote a biography of the Maharshi. Arthur Osborne and his wife were not missionaries, they were sadhakas (spiritual aspirants) themselves

Create article on the copyright case please[edit]

With a link to it from here. There's got to be something more to the case than just "look & feel". Traditionaly US copyright protections just cover specific expression of an idea and not the idea itself. Jon 13:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Osborne & Steve Jobs[edit]

Does this (http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Tell_Adam_Hes_An_Asshole.txt&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&detail=medium) count as a source, and if so can we include it?Scott 110 (talk) 07:49, 15 July 2008 (UTC) boo[reply]

This is also in Obsborne & Dvorak 1984 page 24 hub (talk) 23:48, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for Clarification![edit]

Adam enjoyed telling people (including me) that his parents were reverse missionaries who converted Christian Indians back into Hinduism. Perhaps this was another example of his marvelous sense of humor? By the way, while this Wiki article is factual and to the point, it doesn't really tell you who Adam Osborne was. Adam was a charming visionary, one of nature's truest optimists, and the most gracious of hosts--he threw some of the best Halloween parties ever. In addition, Adam was generous and kind hearted. As one example, his house in Berkeley had formerly been a Shaolin temple and monastary, and Adam still allowed a couple, both kung fu practioners and musicians, to live in the guest rooms under the garage where he kept his land yacht Packard. Furthermore, Adam never made a big deal about it. If anyone asked, Adam would say, vaguely, that they were caretakers of sorts. The other thing I admired about Adam was that it was always about the computers and not him. His even named his cats Altair, MITS, and PC. I think he even enjoyed the subtle irony of how PC enjoyed taking dumps on his roof. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Comingup4air (talk • contribs) 07:13, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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British-American?[edit]

There is nothing in the article to substantiate the claim that Osborne was "British-American". The NYT obituary cited describes him as "British". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:40, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Osborne Effect[edit]

The Osborne effect is a myth. As a manager in the company, no one wanted the new products, as they were too expensive, did not run on MS-DOS, and were not well received with a 7 inch display. Robert Jaunich was the CEO at the time, as Adam Osborne believed he was not up to running a large company. Osborne Computer had financial commitments from VC's based on shipments of the new products. Manufacturing was able to produce these products in the quantities forecast, but the units started to be returned from distributors (Computerland, Xerox Data Systems, etc.) as they were not selling. The VC's pulled their commitments and the game was over.2601:205:8301:2E80:B488:1D24:7A5D:648F (talk) 18:32, 25 July 2021 (UTC)Alan Hagedorn[reply]

Was he really Thai?[edit]

Osborne was born in Siam (the name changed to Thailand a few months later in 1939) and spent very little time there before spending WWII in India, and then attending shool in England. Being the child of British subjects made him British automatically, so I think calling him "Thai" is a little ridiculous, without a citation that proves it. It's not even clear that Thailand considered him Thai, many countries don't extend citizenship to foreigners. 2603:8001:D3F0:87E0:0:0:0:10D0 (talk) 06:38, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]