On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 02:05:07PM -0700, Alan wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > > > > >The two are in no way mutually exclusive. And in either (or both) > >case(s), M$ stayed true to its historical roots of never actually > >creating anything. > > > > MITS 4K BASIC, Microsoft's first product was hand-coded by Paul, Bill > and Monte Davidoff. > So one could say Microsoft's historical roots were creating pretty > impressive software, and they ...umm...deviated a bit from there.. > > -ajb >
Hmmm ... I had heard that they actually ripped that off from a HP BASIC that was abroad in the land in the form of pirated punch tapes. Nasty story if true. Perhaps it's just slander. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
