On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Sarah White <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, at or around 1981 (the year I was born) there was a cool concept. > IBM was selling "personal computers" (IBM-PC compatible later became a > thing) and by the time I was old enough to operate a modem, I had one > myself. Life was good. > > Wonder if there is any sensible way to petition microsoft to fix this > stupid mistake dating back to the DOS era. Windows 8 / metro is out now, > and I can't bloody stand the changes. I always wonder why people continue to use MS Windows. Perhaps thheir employers force them to. But other than that why? I went to a meetig once where Bill Gate talked about the "new" OS called "MS-DOS" At that time I already had a reasonable education in computer science and was working the systems software for multi-user systems and networking. What absolutly amazzed me was the Gates said his plan was to make DOS more and more "nix-like" over the years. Then he went on to say what thatment and it was clear he did NOT know the difference between an operating system and a shell. He absolutely didn't. That is the root cause of all Window's problems. The company was run be a "chief software architect" who technically very ignorant and lacked any formal education in the subject. Windows still suffers because it tries to maintain backwards compatabilty You have to remember that in 1980 we have computers that would allow 100 people to simultainiously log in and do work from 100 different termmiansl. We have the Internet (called arpanet back then. We had email and UNIX was alive and well. We even had mice and track balls This was not the "dark ages" the only real difference was the price of hardware. And in this age gates did NOT know the difference between an OS and a command shell and he was running Microsoft. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
