I worked for Wang from late eighties through it's demise into the ownership of Getronics (Dutch telecomms company).
IBM didn't enter into Wang's demise. What did it was the then-CEO casting immense doubt in late '98 (?) that the systems would not be Y2K compliant. I was a senior tech at the time, and there was virtually NO impact from Y2K once the time came along. But the big customers had got off just as quick as they could, despite them being reasonably happy with the mature systems. Once the VS range died (despite attempted resuscitation in the early 2000s) the company had to look elsewhere for revenues - they had a good imaging & workflow product, sold to Kodak (!) because of cash problems. Getronics have recently sold off what I would call teh old Wang.
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