[Phpwm] wysiwig editor

[pete graham]

If we deck Bill we'll have to watch out for Balmer, that guy is scary!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc

2009/3/5 Tim Cumming <tim at cybacat.com>:
> Maybe kidnapping him isn't the best policy then... Couldn't we just beat him up a bit?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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