Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Written and invented are two different things. Yes, MS wrote new code for Windows, but that does not mean they invented anything. Someone who writes a backgammon playing program is not credited with inventing backgammon. Austin > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of W Larsen > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 6:59 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Widows XP/Mac was Gamma > > > Are you really trying to say that Win286 was not invented > from scratch? I always that Win286 was designed to insure > another few years of people who swore never to leave DOS for > a Windows program. Sigh. > > Austin writes> > > > Just because Gates saw the Mac OS and said "we need a > windowed OS" doesn't mean he invented > anything. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html