Yay, I am in Singapore and I though I'd drop a note to slugnet and check for signs of rigamortis? ( http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rigamortis ) :-)
The page in question is: http://research.microsoft.com/users/thoare/ AND the operating system mentioned on this Microsoft page is the "Elliott 503 Mark II" (and NOT Vista II) What I want to know is: Has this MS page been hacked/hijacked? Note the unusual bolding: "Promoted to the rank of Chief [[Engineer, he then led a larger team on a disastrous project to implement an operating system. After managing a recovery from the failure, he moved as Chief]] Scientist to the computing research division, where he worked on the hardware and software architecture for future machines." - it just doesn't look "normal". Here is another quote from the same Microsoft professor: "Here is a ... so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors." Clearly Prof REALLYlikes the current version heaps, and hence any "successors" may well be doomed to oblivion. In this case the successor was "c68", the earliest known ancestor to c99. ;-) ( http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n1124.pdf ) A standard delayed some 31 years!!! *First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Ganhi *http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.com/ But it might take you 31 years to get there!!! Good luck. * *Here are some more Linux propaganda clips: - This next page has a link to the first 10 minutes of the movie "Revolution OS" http://www.revolution-os.com/ - Get Linux: http://www.novell.com/linux/meetlinux/ - & Here are the original Mac Add that inspired the Linux take-downs: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ Cheers NCFO ps. Are there any Singapore LUG meeting this month? I hope I can catch up with you all.
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