[Phpwm] wysiwig editor

[Tim Cumming]

Maybe kidnapping him isn't the best policy then... Couldn't we just beat him up a bit?

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From: phpwm-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:phpwm-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Mace
Sent: 05 March 2009 14:24
To: West Midlands PHP User Group
Subject: Re: [Phpwm] wysiwig editor

I've always been taught that it was because IBM used entirely off the  
shelf parts to build the PC - the only bit they did themselves was the  
BIOS. Once that had been reverse engineered clone makers could make  
completely compatible machines, whereas Apple's and everyone else's  
stuff didn't use off the shelf parts and were thus harder to clone...

If anything it was Bill Gates who popularised the PC because he  
happily sold his software for any computer that could run it, whereas  
Apple wouldn't.

Alex

On 5 Mar 2009, at 14:14, Phil Beynon wrote:

>>> Now THAT's a GREAT idea!!! But why stop at Word, couldn't we
>> just kidnap
>>> Bill Gates at age 6 months?
>>
>> If only ...
>>
>> But the whole current fiasco is down to two simple mistakes IBM made
>> when designing the PC and not really expecting it to work. Using the
>> cheapest  processor that was available because no one else would  
>> use it,
>> and using a software house that did not even HAVE software.
>>
>> Just think what we would have today if a version of linux had been  
>> used
>> on any of the 32 bit machines available at the time? PC's were not  
>> cheap
>> ( I paid £5500 for an IBM AT! ) so a few extra pounds on something
>> decent would not have broken the bank :(
>>
>> --
>> Lester Caine - G8HFL
>
> The problem is that with the same time machine you end up visiting a  
> time
> where every single machine has its own operating system, own disk  
> format,
> own applications, none of which port easily from one platform to  
> another.
> Microsoft might not be to everyones tastes, but at least the  
> original badly
> designed PC did something due to IBMs leverage - it set a standard.
> The Apple II and IIe at the time was debatably a better machine, but
> suffered from Apple's protectionism in not allowing far eastern  
> clones.
>
> Phil
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