I was before 9yo (assuming 1980) :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:49 AM, koder wrote: > > DOS was purchased by Gates from another developer who seems to have > derived it from CP/M > > IBM bought DOS from gates before he even owned it, thus establishing a > pattern of vaporware that persists even today in the Microsoft marketing > system. > > IBM bought DOS from Gates because the owner of DR-DOS decided he would > prefer to be flying his plane than talk to a bunch of establishment white > shirts from IBM. > > Both Gates and Jobs saw the first GUI at Xerox PARC. > > Jobs saw it first and had the first version on the streets. > > When Gates put out Win1.0 ther5e ws a very loud pissing contest and court > suits, that Microsoft won establishing the standard that you can't > copyright the look and feel of an operating system. This gives us X-Windows. > > The animosity lasted as long as Jobs was alive, alth9ugh they looked like > they had grudgingly kissed and made up at their last public appearance. > > Ancient history long before many of you were born. > > > > On 12/18/2014 11:34 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > This is a rather simple answer for a look on story. > > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Windows > On Dec 18, 2014 11:29 AM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> Linux is built off of GNU. What is BSD built off of? And then there is >> Windows. I heard that Windows was built off of Unix. If that is the case >> was no one paying attention to copyright laws? >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >