Re: Rewriting computing history...

[Greg Weston <gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com>]

In article <3DFFB8FC.ED6DD6A5@usa.net>, Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net>
wrote:

> What I find really annoying is how some big players in the computer
> industry are trying to rewrite microcomputer history, by presenting a
> distorted picture of what really happened.
> 
> Microsoft would be the worst one by trying to claim credit for
> everything they done without mentioning which companies they brought or
> copied from. For example on the "Windows Me" loading screen it says,
> '1981-2000' - in 1981, there was no Windows!

Correct, but there _was_ Microsoft code and it's entirely plausible to
me that some of that code has survived for 20 years. In contrast...

> Perhaps, Apple ought to
> retaliate and put '1976-2002' on their loading screen!!

... the Mac is not in any real sense an evolution of the Apple II line.
The copyright dates claimed are supposed to cover the code that's
actually present in the thing being declared.
 
G