----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Moen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [plug] World Peer-Review Challenge
> He is? What did he ever write that was any good? My recollection is > that the only thing he has part-author credit on was Altair BASIC in > 1975, and that wasn't particularly good -- and its originality is > disputed. I should know: I was there at the time. > http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/altair-basic someone told me long time ago that the creation of GWbasic was a self-challenge by bill gates to himself... bill gates challenge himself to write an advance basic language within the 64k boundary... furthermore, he told me that the real meaning of GWbasic is Gates, William Basic... fooler. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
