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After they were famous

机译：他们出名之后

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Compared to most industries, personal computing has a short history. In just a few decades, the PC arena has grown from niche-interest beginnings to become a globally pervasive tool of modern life. Today's computer and video games companies are some of the most successful businesses on the planet; generating multibillion-pound profits off the back of unthinkable levels of revenue. Like most mature commercial arenas, a lew giant corporations now dominate the world of technology - the likes of Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM. And, in common with other big businesses, the management of such firms resembles a roll call of anonymous men in grey suits. However, from its mid-1970s genesis, when pallid geeks brandishing soldering irons would decamp to garden sheds and garages to piece together early microprocessors and memory chips, through the heady era of the dotcom boom (and bust) to the current day, the computer industry's development has thrown up its fair share of personalities, Many of these luminaries had revolutionary ideas that attracted the attention of financial movers and shakers; while the fame and fortune found others who were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. The odd one or two fitted the potty professor image favoured by tabloid newspaper editors and a few more besides built their careers on charisma and good looks. In short, these are all people on whom, for one reason or another, the limelight has shone. Of course, celebrity is fickle and fame's flame can quickly flicker out. If you've ever wondered what became of once well known computer-industry names, well, so did we. We set out to track down some of the biggest industry names of times past in order to catch up with their careers. We had success and failure in roughly equal measure, so read on to find out who talked and who baulked.
机译：与大多数行业相比，个人计算的历史很短。在短短的几十年中，PC领域已经从对利基市场的关注开始发展成为当今全球范围内普及的现代生活工具。当今的计算机和视频游戏公司是地球上最成功的企业之一。在难以想象的收入水平背后产生了数十亿英镑的利润。像大多数成熟的商业舞台一样，如今，大型的巨头公司主导着技术世界-像惠普，戴尔和IBM。并且，与其他大型企业一样，此类公司的管理类似于匿名穿着灰色西装的男人的点名。但是，从1970年代中期起，当苍白的极客们挥舞着烙铁时，会扎根到花园的棚屋和车库中，将早期的微处理器和存储芯片拼凑在一起，直到互联网繁荣（和萧条）的鼎盛时期，直到今天，计算机行业的发展已经吸引了相当多的个性，其中许多名人具有革命性的思想，引起了金融动荡者和颠覆者的关注。而名利双收却发现其他人有幸在正确的时间到正确的地方。一到两个奇怪的人物符合小报报纸编辑青睐的便当教授形象，另外还有几个人的职业生涯建立在魅力和外表之上。简而言之，这些人是众人瞩目的一个或多个原因。当然，名人是善变的，成名的火焰会很快消失。如果您曾经想知道曾经广为人知的计算机行业名称的含义，那么我们也是如此。为了赶上他们的职业生涯，我们着手追查过去一些最大的行业名称。我们的成功和失败的程度大致相等，因此请继续阅读以找出谁在说话，谁在说话。

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