[1] His father, Arthur Osborne, was a teacher of eastern religion and philosophy[1] and a lecturer in English at Chulalongkorn University.

There they were frequent visitors to Sri Ramana Maharshi's Ashram [1] He attended Presentation Convent School in Kodaikanal until Class 6.

Adam Osborne's experience in the computer industry gave his new company credibility.

This phenomenon, a pre-announcement of a new product causing a catastrophic collapse in demand for older ones, became known as the Osborne effect, but according to some new sources, the real reasons for Osborne Computer's bankruptcy were management errors[11] and insufficient cash flow.

As a result of the lawsuit, consumer confidence waned for Paperback Software, and its revenues dropped 80% by 1989, preventing the firm from getting venture capital for expansion.

[2] Paperback's database application, VP-Info continued to sell well for many more years, and acquired a second life as Sharkbase.

[15] His final venture, in 1992, was to found the company Noetics Software, to work on artificial intelligence.

[1] He married – and divorced – twice, firstly in the mid-1960s, to Cynthia Geddes, an American,[1] and later to Barbara Burdick (Zelnick).

[1] In 1992, Osborne returned to India in declining health, suffering from a brain disorder that triggered frequent minor strokes.