Re: What? in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18012551 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:48:48 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:48:48 EDT Re: What? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18013596 batterup :
said by BillRoland See Profile :

And DOS is irrelevant because it's dead, .......
How do you boot from a floppy. I know what is a floppy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18013596 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:48:11 EDT Re: What? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18013349 The Way Out : Word and PowerPoint were both from acquisitions. Windows' IP stack is based heavily on BSD's implementation.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18013349 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:05:14 EDT Re: What? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012419 anon :
said by matradley See Profile :

said by Jeffrey See Profile :

Usually they don't develop products, they buy them?? What? Uhh, don't they develop the most widely used OS and Office productivity suite for the consumer and business market?
Yes and no. Bill Gates did 'pay' for the original version of DOS for ~$50 000 and then 'borrowed' Steve Job's interface for Windows 1.x. :)
Eesh... I don't think even Jobs would claim that MicroSoft had borrowed anything for Windows 1.x.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012419 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:17:11 EDT Re: What? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012551 BillRoland :
said by matradley See Profile :

Yes and no. Bill Gates did 'pay' for the original version of DOS for ~$50 000 and then 'borrowed' Steve Job's interface for Windows 1.x. :)
And DOS is irrelevant because it's dead, and we all know Steve-O borrowed the GUI from Xerox.

Tired old arguments.
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"Don't steal. The government hates competition."]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012551 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:33:19 EDT Re: What? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012542 AnonProxy : not this crap again...
Xerox PARC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012542 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:29:54 EDT Re: What? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012352 matradley :
said by Jeffrey See Profile :

Usually they don't develop products, they buy them?? What? Uhh, don't they develop the most widely used OS and Office productivity suite for the consumer and business market?
Yes and no. Bill Gates did 'pay' for the original version of DOS for ~$50 000 and then 'borrowed' Steve Job's interface for Windows 1.x. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012352 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:49:15 EDT What? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012327 Jeffrey : Usually they don't develop products, they buy them?? What? Uhh, don't they develop the most widely used OS and Office productivity suite for the consumer and business market?

I was actually hoping OneCare would be something really good, but I've been waiting to hear from people how it is. Seems like I'll be waiting quite a while before I try it and recommend it to others.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18012327 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:43:27 EDT