On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 07:21:02 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Haines Brown) wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote: > > > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes. > > > windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops. > > > > Well technically Unix was designed for mid-sized computers... > > And wasn't DOS designed for the workstation? The adaptation of DOS for > personal use I associate with Windows 3.1, while OS/2 was a > (object-oriented) GUI for the workstation. ..OS/2 is/was IBM's 2'nd major shot at PC OS'es, Microsoft killed it with their no-dualboot OEM licensing, I first saw it in an IBM laptop, (the thinkpad with the folding winged keyboard, I set it up for a client) where you had to _choose_ which OS to install, and which to wipe, the client made the mistake of making me choose Wintendo95. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]