Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)

[Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>]

Glen wrote:
> 
>      [snip...]      [snip...]       [snip...]
> 
> Funny thing is I am one of the few people who acutally has degrees in
> both History and Computer Science (come on how many can there be).
> 
> Yeah well sorry-- I've been use Unix and Linux servers and Linux pcs for
> a long time.  I wasn't aware that one had to know the MS product line to
> be competent.  In fact IHMO the less MS software you use the more likely
> your stuff is to actually work.
> 
Well, certainly one does *not* need to know the Mi$uck product
line to be competent...but perhaps one should at least be aware
of where Mi$uck *stole* all of its ideas from. For example:

MS-DOS from CP/M
Windows from Macintosh
Excel from Lotus 1-2-3
X-Box from Sega and Sony
J++ from Java
File compression from Stacker

and on...and on...and on...

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