🚀 go-pugleaf

>

  First of all : Quite funny what happened to this discussion ("Suggestions
please - Office for Linux"!!!)

> > If we're after war storys, I can bring back my IBM 1130 days, when we
> > had 4K to work with.  As processor speeds and memory increase, it
> > isn't
> > as important to write tight, fast code.  It's more important that the
> > code be portable and understandable.  (I'm not implying that the bulk
> > of todays programmers do that, either.)
>
> No kidding.  Another point to annoys the heck out of me is that the
> current generation of programmers are rediscovering ancient
> technologies.  For example, NT 5.0 is being hyped because users will be
> able to log into another machine and run programs on the other machine,
> with screen output appearing on the first machine.  Give me a break.
> UNIX has had this capability for over a decade.
>
> The same thing happened when the PeeSee first started to multi-task.
> The programmers of the day really believed they had invented something
> new.  Sigh.
>
> Perhaps I am getting too old for this game!

You are absolutly right. M$ biggest (and only) advantage is the excellent
marketing.
They have taken nearly every idea and placed them into their products (of
course they have invented this).

M$ Software is just an collection and adaption of other peoples ideas and
techniques.