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They infringed on Stac Electronics' compress algorithms which
Microsoft incorporated in MS-DOS 6. The courts found Microsoft guilty
of patent infringement. Microsoft eventually bought Stack Electronics.

michael douglas wrote:

> "Ang" <adduci@optonline.net> wrote in message news:<Ct_Ub.1548$WY4.980952@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>...
> 
>>But he/they didn't CREATE BASIC....just their version of it.
>>Didn't CREATE C.
>>Didn't CREATE C++.
>>Didn't CREATE SQL...HTML....XML..BROWSERS...Windowing....etc
>>
> No they did not but Ang Ducci did create all those sw.
> 
>>Took features of Java and C++ and "made" C#.
>>
>>In fact, what has MS ever  CREATED. They bought, stole, renamed and copied
>>their way to the top.
>>
> What did they steal?
> They have copied features but every company eventualy does?
> All car companies have automatic transmissions, steering wheel etc
> 
> 
>>They even had the balls to take the common word NET and make it into a
>>product.
>>
> Like other corps did not. International is a common word Business is a common
> word, Machine is a common word.
> Java is an island. Miramba is an instrument. What is the point?
> 
>>That alone should tell everyone what MS is about.
>>
>>Gates was a geek who made it on he business sense not programming.
>>
>>
>>"Richard Hutnik" <richardhutnik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:37bc9e37.0402061220.208dbd9e@posting.google.com...
>>
>>>"David Fabian" <david.m.fabian@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>
>> news:<CXAUb.1125$Mz3.650@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>...
>>
>>>>"Tom_O" <tom_overton_1968@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>
>> news:b4d9ceca.0402051522.6bf0936c@posting.google.com...
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>>>>>yf@ziplip.com (Your Friend) wrote in message
>>>>>
>> news:<be064478.0402050829.5fce17bf@posting.google.com>...
>>
>>>>>Bill Gates(who himself is a programmer)
>>>>>
>>>>You are too kind ... what programming did Bill Gates ever do
>>>>(besides a few funky programs in high school)?
>>>>
>>>Gates developed Microsoft Basic, and his team developed other
>>>programming languages also.  He is the reason why "Ready" in basic got
>>>changed to "Ok" (it saved a few bytes).
>>>
>>>Gates is a techie geek, but also he has business sense.
>>>- Richard Hutnik
>>>