The short answer is because CP/M used a <CR><LF> and all Microsoft operating systems are based on the clone of CP/M bought by Gates for $50K.
Spending 5 minutes on wikipedia would answer your question, but it would not stop you from hating Microsoft. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:30 PM, willhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is a funny rant: > > > http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=argh_microsoft_notepad_crlf_argh&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 > > A couple of years ago, I realized that a whole generation has grown up > without > ever having to use a typewriter. A classmate was complaining that he > always > hit the Caps Lock key and wondered aloud why it was where it was. I > explained to him the mechanics of manual typewriters, He already > understood > human inertia. > > So why was it that M$ screwed up line feeds? Was it because they did not > have > printcap and had to rely on human beings to keep early printers to keep > from > printing at the end of carriage? Why have they not fixed this when every > modern print system works without it? GNU/Linux editors, right down to > vim, > have been able to deal with Notepad's broken output transparently for > years. > Does M$ enjoy their perversion? Are they still at war with commercial > Unix? > Why does Penguin Pete care? > > Is there something else that I missed when talking to my classmate? I > almost > never hit the caps lock by mistake. I could attribute this to my model M > keyboard, but they tiny keys of my X30 Thinkpad are not a problem either. > In > fact, no keyboard has done this to me. Do Windows users find themselves > reaching for the tab button often? Why is the caps lock button a problem > to > so many people? > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
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