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Slideshow: PC B-Day Reunites Old Friends

The Twentieth Birthday Party for the IBM PC was a gathering of rich, old white guys who waxed nostalgic for the old days. Liz Hopp reports from San Jose.
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reporter John Markoff (left) and Lotus founder Mitch Kapor.Jeff Christensen

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CEO Craig Barrett's tenure at Intel has lasted 26 years. He's got Micorosft's Bill Gates beat by a year, and the PC by 6.

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Intel founder Andy Grove pose behind monochromatic PC veterans like the IBM 5150 and the Compaq Portable PC as well as the slick, lightweight laptops so commonplace today.

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Like old friends, Andy Grove and Bill Gates share reflections on the PC's 20-years in development.

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CEO Michael Capellas joined Compaq only 3 years ago, but he's been working with information technology for as long as the PC has.

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