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| | | (...) Oops - NT was written by IBM, which MS obvisouly didn't buy. It was originally called something like "Windows OS/2" or something, then after the split, most of the really good parts went into OS/2. I don't remember exactly who wrote Word, (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Piece sorting methods —Mark de Kock
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| | | | (...) Are ya sure they bought it? Or did they just steal it, like Windows itself? Mark "WinErr:007 System price error - Inadequate money spent on hardware" (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Piece sorting methods —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | (...) That's splitting hairs when it comes to MS... I'll give them credit for one thing: they're very good about their choice of companies when it comes to product plundering. Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Piece sorting methods —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) <devil's advocate> They didn't steal windows. They stole the "look 'n' Feel" of windows. (sound familiar? :) ) Anyway, The company they stole it from also stole it from someone else, so why they even _bothered_to sue is beyong me.... (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Piece sorting methods —Jim Baker
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| | | | Also sprach Jasper Janssen: : <devil's advocate> They didn't steal windows. They stole the "look 'n' : Feel" of windows. (sound familiar? :) ) Anyway, The company they stole : it from also stole it from someone else, so why they even _bothered_to : (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Piece sorting methods —Mark de Kock
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| | | | | (...) Shouldn't that be "the Windows buyer gets the bugs"? I just worked with MacOS and I was impressed! After a whole days work, I didn't get a single ErrorMessage, BSoD or Dr. Watson!!! This is proof: it CAN be done right! (Please mr. Gates. Steel (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Piece sorting methods —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) Oh I don't know... "640k ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates, 1983 or thereabouts.... Of course, that was later, so your statement still stands :) (...) Possibly. Tho personally, I find the apple UI somewhat worse than the current (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Piece sorting methods —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | (...) Linux isn't stable because it's an open source project. It's not portable, it's not scalable, no one uses it for anything serious, and it'll soon be in violation of the standards as soon as Microsoft invents them. Microsoft invented the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Piece sorting methods —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | (...) I just thought I'd mention that VB is my personal bogeyman of the moment. I very much prefer a scripting language that has meat to it, such as Perl. Having said that, I just read something that chilled my blood. Evidently, PC Magazine named (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Piece sorting methods —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) No, it isn't stable because it's an open source project. It's stable because it's stable. (...) Not portable huh? Did I see Red Hat on Intel, Alpha, PowerPC, and some others? not serious? How many ISPs do I know that use Linux as their *nix (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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