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Re: Piece sorting methods
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:44:40 GMT
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Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> I don't remember exactly who wrote Word, Excel, and Access, just that
> they were written by smaller companies previous to being purchased by
> MS. Anyone know whom?
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> Cheers,
> - Sproat
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"
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Message has 2 Replies:
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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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| (...) <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
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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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