Actually I thought it was Gary Kildall was out flying his plane when IBM rang that made Gates rich :-p
Alex On 29 Jan 2010, at 09:11, Brian Butterworth wrote: > OS/2 PM was a trick Microsoft played on IBM, wasn't it? > > Windows v3.0 was cooperative multitasking, not pre-emptive which was why > people said it was a "DOS application" and they were quite right. > > It was the first point that made Gates rich, not the second. > > 2010/1/29 Sean DALY <[email protected]> > I remember in 1992 when an engineer friend sniffed that Windows (v3) > wasn't a proper operating system, just a DOS application, and DOS was > a pig, and OS/2 was a serious OS. > > Bill Gates laughed all the way to the bank. > > Sean > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Brian Butterworth > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Underwhelming. It's a big iPhone. It's named after the Star Trek PADD. > > Might be good it if ran an operating system and had a keyboard. > > > > 2010/1/27 Mo McRoberts <[email protected]> > >> > >> So, what does everyone think? > >> > >> (and how much effect will it have on the <video> situation over the > >> next 18 months or so, do we reckon?) > >> > >> M. > >> - > >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > >> visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > >> Unofficial list archive: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Brian Butterworth > > > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > > advice, since 2002 > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
