ENIAC wasn't the first, that's just what the yanks would have you believe. And if we go back far enough, we won't have to worry about computers at all anymore...some days that would be nice :)
Ian Bruseker a �crit: > Windows predates Linux (think Windows 1.0). Unix predates Microsoft. COBOL > predates C, but no one is hacking kernel code in that. We could chase this > all the way back to the beginning of computer history, in which case ENIAC > had a head start on everybody, but I don't have one of those in my computer > room. But then, Babbage's Difference Engine came before that, maybe I > should start building one of those (you know, a whitebox difference engine, > because I just hate buying name brand version with parts I can't replace. > "Dude, you're getting a difference engine.") ;-) > > Ian > > >>Well, when did NT come out? Linux was out before Windows95, and >>UNIX predates Microsoft ;-) >> >>Ian Bruseker a �crit: >> > >> >>>If having a head start was the only qualification for choosing >> >>a technology, >> >>>we'd be using Windows right now because they got a "head start" >> >>over Linux. >> >>>I don't choose a technology because it came out first, I choose >> >>it because >> >>>it works and I trust it. :-) >>> >>>Ian >> >> >> >>
