There are so many historical figures worthy of favour in the history of I.T. – Babbage, Alan Turing, Steve Jobs, Gordon Moore, Bill Gates, Tim Berners-Lee. I say historical, but I.T. hasn’t been around for that long! So lets say farewell and rest in peace, to an unsung visionary – the man behind IBM’s first ever Personal Computer, the man behind the thing most of us sit in front of day after day, William Lowe, who has died at the age of 72. Lowe had a bold idea in 1980 – that IBM should develop a personal computer that could be mass marketed, expanding the company’s reach beyond businesses and into people’s homes. One year later, the IBM 5150 personal computer was selling out at stores for $1,565, not including a monitor. Lowe and his team were able to develop the IBM PC so quickly by adopting open architecture —…