Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Widows XP/Mac was Gamma
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:08:53 -0500

Written and invented are two different things.  Yes, MS wrote new code for
Windows, but that does not mean they invented anything.  Someone who writes
a backgammon playing program is not credited with inventing backgammon.

Austin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of W Larsen
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 6:59 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Widows XP/Mac was Gamma
>
>
> Are you really trying to say that Win286 was not invented
> from scratch?  I always that Win286 was designed to insure
> another few years of people who swore never to leave DOS for
> a Windows program.  Sigh.
>
> Austin writes>
>
> > Just because Gates  saw the Mac OS and said "we need a
> windowed OS" doesn't mean he invented
> anything.
>
>
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