Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/28

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Leaning OT - was Re: [Leica] Widows XP/Mac was Gamma now a long rant
From: Craig Zeni <clzeni@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:43:06 -0500
References: <3.0.2.32.20011227230817.007549fc@roanoke.infi.net>

At 12:26 AM 12/28/2001, you wrote:

>Marc  Steve and Steve had the better idea Bill had better Marketing   Mark

Go back further...to the IBM PC.  If one guy had said Yes instead of No, 
the PC world might be rather different.

The IBM Suits went a-callin' when they needed an OS for their PC.  First 
stop was Digital Research.  IBM wanted to buy/license their operating 
system.  DR basically told IBM to go away.  Next stop was 
Microsoft.  Gates, being no fool, hopped right on that train.

Gates is very smart...very cunning...very ambitious.  Smart enough to see 
the Apple GUI and copy the concept.  Smart enough to work out licence 
agreements with PC OEMs to put his stuff there in front of everybody and 
know that his product would become the de facto standard.  Apple 
essentially did not open up their software (but for spell in the early 
'90s), keeping it proprietary for their own machines only.

And here we are.


- --
Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com
http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html
http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html

Madness takes its toll.  Please have exact change ready.

- --
To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html

In reply to: Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] Widows XP/Mac was Gamma now a long rant)