I wanted to add my two dollars worth. Bill Gates is a very smart person. I have very high regards for him. Back in the 70’s I had went to classes on digital systems in the U.S. Navy. I had always been a tinker from my early days (about five). I watched my grandfather work on a clock that didn’t have to be wound up and would give accurate time. The problem was the motor wouldn’t keep a constant speed. So he build one with a rotating centrifugal wheel with weights. I watched and was fascinated. They couldn’t get it to run at a constant speed even though it should in theory. I noticed they had put the wheel back wrong and tried to tell them it was in upside down. They wouldn’t listen. When they left I opened the cap and turned the wheel and put it back in right and put the cap back on. I then went and hid behind my grandmother in the house. She couldn’t get me to tell her what was wrong. My grandfather came in, excited the clock was working but was frustrated as to why it was working. He looked at me and saw I was smiling but wouldn’t talk to him. My grandmother knew I had done something and told me to show her what I had done. I did and grandfather always asked me after that if what he was working on looked right. My grandmother said my grandfather had done similar things as a child. I have heard her tell the story many times over the years.
My point is Microsoft has given the world something wonderful. Maybe not originally theirs, (Xerox), but they made it so the common person can use a computer due to their superior marketing. I am not a Microsoft Hater or Lover. I do like Windows. I have known many friends in Southern California that wrote wonderful programs and sold many programs until Microsoft came out with their (good enough) version. I have written some myself (for the C64) but only sold 5 copies (nothing to do with MS). The copies were copied and given to others. So I quit writing along with my friends and continued to help people with publicly known programs (Like EasyCalc, Dbase, Basic and Wordstar).
Microsoft should work on their operating system. Make it (almost) crash proof. Allow others to write programs for it and not come out with their (good enough) version just because someone else is making money. (Windows 3.1 wouldn’t work on DRDos because it was written not too! The articles about it have been mysteriously erased. ) Everything Microsoft is not something I want to see. When I see underwear with the Microsoft brand name I know they have gone too far! (No, I haven’t seen any yet).
They are doing better because of the Anti-trust case, but it shouldn’t have gotten that far. Just look at their sites. Very helpful indeed! But why is “Java” being shunned. Seems the quote “Microsoft! Resistance is futile!” I see on some sites is well earned. !. I can see where they are referred to as the “Borg”. Just ask IBM, Sun., and AOL. We need a second system to use when all the attacks have put MS programs out. Maybe BEOS, Linux , or CPM+
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One other thing, I did notice that there never been a Microsoft Linux. Maybe if I turn it right side up?
My point is Microsoft has given the world something wonderful. Maybe not originally theirs, (Xerox), but they made it so the common person can use a computer due to their superior marketing. I am not a Microsoft Hater or Lover. I do like Windows. I have known many friends in Southern California that wrote wonderful programs and sold many programs until Microsoft came out with their (good enough) version. I have written some myself (for the C64) but only sold 5 copies (nothing to do with MS). The copies were copied and given to others. So I quit writing along with my friends and continued to help people with publicly known programs (Like EasyCalc, Dbase, Basic and Wordstar).
Microsoft should work on their operating system. Make it (almost) crash proof. Allow others to write programs for it and not come out with their (good enough) version just because someone else is making money. (Windows 3.1 wouldn’t work on DRDos because it was written not too! The articles about it have been mysteriously erased. ) Everything Microsoft is not something I want to see. When I see underwear with the Microsoft brand name I know they have gone too far! (No, I haven’t seen any yet).
They are doing better because of the Anti-trust case, but it shouldn’t have gotten that far. Just look at their sites. Very helpful indeed! But why is “Java” being shunned. Seems the quote “Microsoft! Resistance is futile!” I see on some sites is well earned. !. I can see where they are referred to as the “Borg”. Just ask IBM, Sun., and AOL. We need a second system to use when all the attacks have put MS programs out. Maybe BEOS, Linux , or CPM+
. One other thing, I did notice that there never been a Microsoft Linux. Maybe if I turn it right side up?
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