Oh what fun. See comments inline. My opinion is Bruce is correct. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Not quite, because Bill Gates is the ultimate rip-off artist. And M$ is re-known for getting away with it. > > IIRC the guy that "invented" Dos got a minimal flat fee from Gates and never saw any other profit. Seattle Computer Works CPM-86 (IIRC) which was a rip-off of CPM. >Access is a rip-off of Paradox Which was a rip-off of DBase >Excel is a rip-off of Lotus Which was a rip-off of SuperCalc which was a rip-off of Visicalc. >the list goes on and on. It sure does. Why do you think all those guys are so worried about people ripping off their software? I will tell you. Because that is how they got started, ripping off someone elses software. > > I WISH that Word had been a rip-off of Word Perfect, then it would be a better program. But Word Perfect is one product that managed to maintain its integrity against copying by M$, even if they did not maintain their market share. Actually, I rather liked Word 6.0, of course they had to screw it up in the name of profits. Word Perfect was a rip-off. In fact the only word processor that I know of that was written without copying something else was Lazy Writer. Welsh had never even seen a word processor when he wrote it. It was different to say the least. > > Which is why I do not upgrade from one Windows version to another until I am absolutely forced to. Well, I can agree with that. But my reason is "Don't fix it if it ain't broke". As soon as they get the bugs out they replace it with something untried. I only upgrade when there is something I want to use that will not run on the old system.
