Re: Bill Gates sucks

Article View: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup

Article #699

Back to comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup Previous Next

#699

From: Alan Ruedlinger
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 11:44

13 lines
1432 bytes

mbayers@primenet.com (Michael B. Ayers) wrote:

>> How do you figure "Micro$haft originally _wrote_ OS/2"????
>> 

>I know Bill Gates' book "The Road Ahead" indicates that MS was involved in
>the development of OS/2 with IBM.  I don't think he says that MS wrote the
>whole thing, though.

This is true.  It was being jointly developed.  In fact, the file
system used by OS/2 (HPFS) is largely the work of MS.  Pitty they
didn't implement a version of this in Win95, instead of using the
mediocre Vfat system.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <4kljak$hud@news.mel.aone.net.au>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.mel.aone.net.au!usenet

References:

<4isqp4$ji@knet2.knet.flemingc.on.ca> <4kd1qs$pdt@newsserver.trl.OZ.AU> <mbayers-1004962200060001@ip085.lax.primenet.com>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.mel.aone.net.au!usenet
From: alan@s056.aone.net.au (Alan Ruedlinger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.object,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.security.misc,comp.security.unix,comp.software-eng,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.hp.hpux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Bill Gates sucks
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 11:44:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4kljak$hud@news.mel.aone.net.au>
References: <4isqp4$ji@knet2.knet.flemingc.on.ca> <4kd1qs$pdt@newsserver.trl.OZ.AU> <mbayers-1004962200060001@ip085.lax.primenet.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: d9-1.cpe.sydney.aone.net.au
X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82

Reply to Parent Message