Platform Computing history

Thousands of software titles were released over the lifespan of the C64 and by the time it was discontinued in 1993, it had sold more than 22 million units.

Compaq's success launched a market for IBM-compatible computers that by 1996 had achieved an 83-percent share of the personal computer market.

While it did not sell well, the operating system, Be OS, retained a loyal following even after Be stopped producing hardware in 1997 after less than 2,000 machines were produced.

The Newton line never performed as well as hoped and was discontinued in 1998.

And in 1999 Salesforce.com became one of the pioneers in cloud computing by delivering enterprise applications via a simple website.

The Treo sold well, and the line continued until Handspring was purchased by Palm in 2003.

The C64, as it is better known, sells for $595, comes with 64 KB of RAM and features impressive graphics. It is recognized by the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records as the greatest selling single computer of all time.

Customers would be charged based on how much they used storage, the amount of network traffic their apps got, and JSOPs (the amount of JavaScript operations). the service grew and was very profitable, but Fotango closed Zimki in 2007 since it was not what the business wanted to focus on.

On June 22, 2009, Platform Computing announced its first software to serve the cloud computing space.

By 2011, over 2.4 million laptops had been shipped.

In 2012, Apple introduced the Retina display for the MacBook Pro laptop and iPad tablet.