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| 69028 | 2002-08-08 05:45:00 | What about linux being open-source? Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 69029 | 2002-08-08 09:00:00 | > Good on you Elwin, > > At least if the 99c CD from the Warehouse is no > good.you still have a jewel-case for the next time > you burn one! > > Cheers,Kiwitas,;-) Actually they come in cardboard wrappers. :) > > So you're telling me Bill and Paul just decided to start up a company, do nothing, and become the biggest software company in the world with little or no effort at all? I don't think so! Close, but not quite. Go do your history. I'll put this simply and quickly. I don't apologise for any errors. Part One: Bill started off by buying an OS from a dude who hadn't actually finished writing it. It was called QDOS - Quick and Dirty Operating System - by the writer. Billy boy bought it for a sum, slapped his name on it, and then proceeded to sell licenses (sound familiar?) to companies that wanted to use it. Part Two: Bill Gates had a "friend" who worked at Palo Alto. They were developing a lovely new operating system with a friendly graphical user interface. At that time I think Bill was still rubbing shoulder with Steve Jobs, who already had a version of the Apple with a GUI. Good ol' Bill once again jumped in and "bought" bits and pieces and turned them into Windows 1.0 which was never released because it was so crappy they couldn't do anything with it. The saga continues.... |
Elwin Way (229) | ||
| 69030 | 2002-08-08 09:39:00 | Unless my memory deceives me, QDOS was written by a New Zealander or an Aussie?? Or have I got my wires crossed? G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 69031 | 2002-08-08 09:44:00 | Not sure about your wires GP but heres a link to history of (q)DOS DOS History (inventors.about.com) | Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 69032 | 2002-08-08 10:26:00 | Hmmm, I don't know why I thought Tim Paterson was a kiwi, but I found where I had heard about QDOS before - page 89 of August 2001 PCWorld shows a picture of tim paterson and is part of an article which starts on page86 "20 years of the Personal Comuter". Oh well he was from Seattle. G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 69033 | 2002-08-08 10:28:00 | LOL Computer not commuter - funny. G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 69034 | 2002-08-09 05:00:00 | Hmmm .... lots of interesting stuff here. I remember recording music off the radio when I was a kid - but it didn't seem to be a big issue. I guess the RIA, etc. are moaning now because of the speed with which music can be shared, copied, etc. I read somewhere in these posts "buy the single on CD". Ummm, who wants 250+ CD-singles? I also agree that music and software is relatively expensive - software especially. Sure, those artists/developers should be rewarded for their work - but should the tons of middle-men who do nothing but leech of these people get any reward? I know only buy games after they have been on the store shelves for a few months - by then they are no longer $100+ but are being sold for $50 or less, often only $20. To me, this is fair value. And somebody tell me - how do video rentals work? Videos usually have a rider-type thing saying that it's not to be rented, copied, etc - yet we've rented it !! |
antmannz (28) | ||
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