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[BedtimeStories77]

lol Thanks. I've ran windows since 3.1 though.

 

[ShinigamiSama]

lol Thanks. I've ran windows since 3.1 though.

back before they afford to make shitty OSs

now they've got the monopoly they can afford too

 

[Weird Harold]

lol Thanks. I've ran windows since 3.1 though.

back before they afford to make shitty OSs

now they've got the monopoly they can afford too

MS has alway relied more on marketing and market dominance than on quality. Gates lowballed the bid to write IBM-DOS to freeze out the really good operating systems -- like CP/M-86 and Unix -- and rode IBM's reputation to market dominance. M$ has ENVER been the "best," just the most market savvy.

Also, Win 3.1 wasn't an "operating system" it was a GUI for MS-DOS. Windows didn't really become an integrated operating system until Win 98.

 

[ShinigamiSama]

MS has alway relied more on marketing and market dominance than on quality. Gates lowballed the bid to write IBM-DOS to freeze out the really good operating systems -- like CP/M-86 and Unix -- and rode IBM's reputation to market dominance. M$ has ENVER been the "best," just the most market savvy.

Also, Win 3.1 wasn't an "operating system" it was a GUI for MS-DOS. Windows didn't really become an integrated operating system until Win 98.

bill also bought DOS from someone else

as I recall an autoshop, and for 100$, which for the timeframe translation, works out to be about $1600 tops

 

[Weird Harold]

bill also bought DOS from someone else

as I recall an autoshop, and for 100$, which for the timeframe translation, works out to be about $1600 tops

I'm pretty sure that's an urban myth -- as far as I know, BG bought out his original programming partner to gain sole rights to DOS. I'm not fond of BG or M$ but he DID start out as a systems level programmer.

 

[rydia57]

I saw "Pirates of Silicon Valley" BG is big brother. I always thought Jobs was a better guy.