Re: Rewriting computing history...

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <3DFFB8FC.ED6DD6A5@usa.net>, Jeff Thomas  <a2forever@usa.net> wrote:
>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! Perhaps, Apple ought to
>retaliate and put '1976-2002' on their loading screen!!

In all fairness, 1981 is when the first version of MS-DOS was out...and
WinMe still contains bits and pieces of DOS code.  Microsoft isn't the only
company to do this, either...the companies that have owned DR DOS over the
years (Digital Research, Novell, Caldera, Lineo, and now a company called
DeviceLogics) have put on a copyright notice that starts out in 1976 (which
would've been when CP/M was first out).

>I hate that Apple has so few references to Apple II computer, like
>pretending it never existed and that the Macintosh was the saviour of
>the company, when in actual fact the reverse is true for the entire
>decade of the 1980s.

Blame Steve Jobs and his Reality Distortion Field (R) for that.

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