Why the UK's IBM Failed

In 1968, the British government arranged a shotgun marriage between three computer manufacturers to create International Computers Limited, or ICL. The government envisioned ICL as the United Kingdom's answer to IBM - a national champion in computers. But the company could not compete against American and East Asian competition and eventually sold to Fujitsu. The United Kingdom pioneered computing technology. So why did ICL fail?

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