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peter wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">It would really only be fair of Microsoft in
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instance to compare itself with Apple as really,
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Windows is a rip-off of the Mac OS. IIRC, I was using
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the Apple Mac 200 and 400 back in 1988 or 1989 and
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Windows 1 came out in about 1990.
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And the MacOS was a rip off of stuff done at Xerox Parc etc, etc. As
is KDE or GNOME for that matter. Come on now, even Newton admitted to
standing on the shoulders of giants, and he was no shrinking violet.
Ask Leibniz.
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Anyway, if the NT codebase (which is what's currently in use, I think)
is a ripoff of anything, it's a rip off of VME, isn't it?
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Hope this helps
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Peter
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Rhys<br>
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Windows 1 is around 1986, 1990 would be 2.01/386 and the beginnings of
3.0 - cause thats when I started working in IT. The fun of SUn PC/NFS
and MS Dos....<br>
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Yep Win 1 is really old. And crap. At least they're consistent.......
;-)<br>
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<td valign="bottom"><font size="2"><i>Sattinger's Law:
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It works better if you plug it in.
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