Re: Errors in a Microsoft Propaganda Book

[Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>]

In article <null-F6752B.07544721042007@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
 Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid> wrote:

> <http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u287/birne999999999/DSC00276.jpg>
> 
> There's two.  Can everybody pick them out?

Picture of the GS, obviously.

Assertion that Windows was the first OS to [introduce] the use of mice 
with PCs _unless_ you assume that "PC" is an abbreviation for "computer 
compatible with the product known as the IBM Personal Computer" rather 
than a general abbreviation for a personal computer as compared to, say, 
an AS-400. Odd, though, since the text uses (lower cased) "personal 
computer" later on. Note that Apple perpetuates this abuse of 
nomenclature in their current ad campaign, though.

Assertion that Windows in 1985 was an operating system. It wasn't, and 
even Microsoft acknowledged that Windows didn't qualify as an OS until 
3.1.1 shipped (and that's arguably optimistic; they may have just 
finally decided they could get away with calling it that since the 
popular press was telling everyone the same thing by that time).

And it fails to note that while Windows shipped in 1985 it was announced 
(and so you could possibly say "introduced") in 1983.