Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:56:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Since the MicroSloth(tm) jokes have been flowing... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970825175427.1888B-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19970825211642.11606@grendel.IAEhv.nl>
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On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Peter Korsten wrote: > Bill Pechter shared with us: > > > > > > But MS didn't write DOS. It was written by Tim Patterson at > > > Seattle Computer Products and MS bought it for $50,000. > > > > Probably the best buy in computing. MS is worth Billions due to > > that one deal. > > > > Amazing. A major historical event. > > Uh, MS may have become big with DOS, they only became huge with > Windows 3.0. > > They make mice, joysticks, games, compilers, office packages, server > products, a lot of gimmicks to tie all of it together, but the bulk > is still coming from Windows being shipped with about every PC in > the world. This is more than a little irritating. It's nearly impossible nowadays to buy a PC without contributing to MS, whether you intend to run Windows or not. They _didn't_ fairly win the market, they _aren't_ fairly keeping the market, sure they have good tools, because they have outright stolen what they couldn't buy (see Stacker!). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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