A bigger head beats a bigger mouth every time. Johnson by name Johnson by nature.
Yeah, I found this on the internet too: Noun[edit <https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=johnson&action=edit§ion=4>] *johnson* (*plural* *johnsons <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/johnsons#English>*) 1. (slang <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang>) Penis <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/penis>. quotations ▼synonym ▲Synonyms: *see* Thesaurus:penis <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:penis> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:33 AM Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> wrote: > Way to miss the point Bill. Do you write programs that miss out things > because they can be easily found on the internet? > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:23 AM Bill Johnson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vms-rest-story >> >> >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> >> >> On Monday, August 14, 2023, 7:17 PM, Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Windows NT came from the VAX guys, I think. >> >> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:15 AM Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > *The facts. According to Bill Johnson.American computer programmer >> Timothy >> > Paterson, a developer for Seattle Computer Products, wrote the original >> > operating system for the Intel Corporation’s 8086 microprocessor in >> 1980, >> > initially calling it QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), which was >> > soon renamed 86-DOS. A year later, fledgling company Microsoft >> > purchased exclusive rights to sell the system, renamed MS-DOS, to IBM >> for >> > their newly developed IBM-PC. IBM-compatible versions were marketed as >> > PC-DOS. Version 1.0 was released in 1981; additional upgraded versions >> kept >> > pace with the rapidly evolving PC. Windows 95, introduced by Microsoft >> in >> > 1995, incorporated MS-DOS 7.0 but ultimately superseded the MS-DOS >> > platform. Starting with Windows NT, Microsoft’s operating systems were >> > designed independently of MS-DOS, though they were capable of running >> some >> > MS-DOS applications.* >> > >> > Facts but missing lots of pivotal events. No mention of Gary Kildall. >> > Windows 2.0 was a brief look at a Windows O/S. Windows 3.0 preceded WIN >> 95 >> > as did Windows 3.1. >> > >> > Really who cares? >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:09 AM Jon Perryman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 03:15:12 PM PDT, Grant Taylor wrote: >> >> >> >> On 8/14/23 3:16 PM, Bob Bridges wrote: >> >> >> >> > My hang up is that -- as I understand it -- DOS was /never/ IBM's to >> >> start with. >> >> >> >> > DOS was /Microsoft's. >> >> >> >> >> >> Again, if you want some insights, you can watch >> >> https://youtu.be/Qc5khH5gllg?t=339 that seems to be the prevalent >> story. >> >> Is this different from the story as you understand it? >> >> >> >> 1. MS-DOS did not exist prior to IBM / Bill Gates meeting. >> >> >> >> 2. IBM wanted a new OS. IBM contractred Gates to create this OS which >> was >> >> to be called PC DOS. >> >> >> >> 3. Because IBM was gun shy from anti-trust lawsuits, it chose to >> exclude >> >> ownership of PC DOS thus allowing PC-DOS to be sold as MS-DOS by >> Microsoft. >> >> >> >> Microsoft was not the sole owner of DOS. One piece of software was >> owned >> >> by IBM and Microsoft. It was IBM's choice not to retain sole ownership >> of >> >> DOS. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Wayne V. Bickerdike >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Wayne V. Bickerdike >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > > -- > Wayne V. Bickerdike > > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
