Re: Microsoft cuts corners, actually

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From: Ted Johnson
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1988 15:08

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>Well, MicroSoft deliberately takes shortcuts.  Really.  Excel needs
>to be loaded in the first 1 meg of RAM to run (last I heard).
>Their free MacroMaker was evaluated as "not worth it" by many netters
>because it screws up.
>
>There is PLENTY of software written LONG AGO that runs under
>multifinder, on wider screens (or under SteppingOut), on Apple's
>weird multi-screen arrangement, etc.
>
>Microsoft really DOES write crappy software, which is why I refuse to
>buy any of their junk.  They have said they want to be the IBM of
>software, and they are well on their way...

I agree!  I read "Programmers at Work" a while ago (it is a book of
a bunch of interviews with famous programmers), and one of the
things that Bill Gates (CEO of MicroSoft) kept talking about 
(and considered as the sign of a good programmer) was doing wierd 
things to squeeze every bit of performance out of the hardware.  

-Ted

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