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solarismka:
agree, windows is a wast of time and money.

jasonlane:

quote:Originally posted by The Anti-Microsoft:
.........Didn't Microsoft make Xenix, a Unix-based OS, in 1980?

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Yup that was about the only good thing M$ every really came up with. Also I believe that it wasn't stolen as such, like everything else they "produce". Thing was though they couldn't "own" it, hence they wouldn't be able to "own" the users of such a system. So Bill said, "Nah!, this DOS crap will make us more money".

Laukev7:
Everyone had a UNIX back then. Apple had A/UX, Commodore had AMIX (Amiga UNIX), even Atari had their own brand of UNIX. Xenix was nothing creative nor original; Microsoft had only licenced the code from AT&T, like the others.

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/xenix.htm

jasonlane:
That's why I said

 
quote: it wasn't stolen as such
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   :D  

Many of the developers at the fledging the M$ Vole central hated the fact the this was being dropped, it actually worked.   :confused:  

But you're right it wasn't creative or original, It's bad grammar to use these words in a sentence containing any reference to M$.    :D      ;)

[ October 13, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

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