From: "Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.FrankLho@rcn.com>
Subject: Re: OT: Microsoft takes on history
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 20:52:33 -0400
Date: 2002-05-25T00:52:31+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acmn8f$lmd$1@bob.news.rcn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3CEEA2C6.883EC224@sympatico.ca
> I may be wrong but from what I understand Mr. Bill Gates has an IBM VIP
> uncle.
> I'm not saying Mr. Gates doesn't work hard or doesn't work smart. I'm
> just saying he has great connections.
> Good for him.
>
> IMHO I perceive it more as "David and UNCLE Goliath" :)
I think it's time to move this thread to a history of computing NG.
In the first years of the IBM/PC, IBM and Microsoft were indeed partners. It
was this partnership that produced MS-DOS as the standard OS for IBM's first
personal computer. Originally, OS/2 was a joint IBM / MS venture. When OS/2
version 1.x tanked, it created a rift between the two companies. IBM still
saw OS/2 as the wave of the future, but Microsoft wanted to drop it and base
its new operating systems on Windows. For better or worse, the MS approach
won out.
In recent years, IBM seems to have lost interest in OS/2 -- hopefully,
they'll make OS/2 open source. Now they are enthusiastically backing Linux.
Given that, it does not sound like IBM is trying to rekindle a Microsoft
partnership.
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Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-23 15:24 Microsoft takes on ACT Ted Dennison
2002-05-23 16:09 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-24 13:31 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-24 14:05 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-25 14:26 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-28 15:42 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-24 14:52 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-24 20:13 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-23 18:01 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-23 18:30 ` tmoran
2002-05-23 21:21 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-24 14:02 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-24 14:31 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-25 5:48 ` OT: " tmoran
2002-05-28 15:50 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-25 7:58 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-24 18:45 ` OT: Microsoft takes on history Frank J. Lhota
2002-05-24 19:05 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-24 19:51 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-25 8:12 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 10:31 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-05-25 12:16 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 15:40 ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 17:08 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-06-07 22:14 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-05-25 20:09 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-05-24 19:57 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-05-24 20:35 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 0:41 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-05-28 16:14 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-29 16:18 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-29 17:37 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-29 21:32 ` Dan Andreatta
2002-05-30 6:35 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-05-30 14:12 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-31 5:38 ` XML & Ada was " Robert C. Leif
2002-05-30 13:45 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-30 15:11 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-29 20:34 ` John Doe
2002-05-24 20:54 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-24 20:26 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-28 16:20 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-24 19:34 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-24 20:29 ` OT: " David Marceau
2002-05-24 20:42 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 0:52 ` Frank J. Lhota [this message]
2002-05-25 11:19 ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 11:50 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-05-25 14:37 ` Steve Doiel
2002-05-25 16:46 ` ON Topic: Ada for CP/M Frank J. Lhota
2002-05-25 22:57 ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-26 5:57 ` Adrian Hoe
2002-06-07 21:56 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-05-28 16:24 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-29 13:48 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-29 13:17 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-30 0:43 ` Darren New
2002-05-30 13:58 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-31 18:19 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-31 18:31 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-05 13:09 ` [OT] VMS, was: " Simon Clubley
2002-05-30 2:53 ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-07 22:10 ` OT: Microsoft takes on history Randy Brukardt
2002-05-25 15:41 ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-23 18:43 ` Microsoft takes on ACT chris.danx
2002-05-24 2:19 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-24 3:09 ` Adrian Hoe
2002-05-24 12:29 ` chris.danx
2002-05-24 13:39 ` Ingo Marks
2002-05-24 14:32 ` chris.danx
2002-05-24 17:59 ` OT: SuSE, Raid (was: Microsoft takes on ACT) Wilhelm Spickermann
2002-05-25 0:15 ` chris.danx
2002-05-25 5:25 ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2002-05-25 23:45 ` chris.danx
2002-05-26 4:57 ` OT: " Wilhelm Spickermann
2002-05-26 9:52 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-26 10:40 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2002-05-25 9:36 ` OT: " Ingo Marks
2002-05-25 15:08 ` Microsoft takes on ACT Adrian Hoe
2002-05-24 14:56 ` [OT] Microsoft vs. Linux vs. Wes Groleau
2002-05-25 15:25 ` Adrian Hoe
2002-05-25 21:38 ` [OT] Switching to Linux (was: Microsoft takes on ACT) Michal Nowak
2002-05-26 9:37 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-27 9:23 ` Michal Nowak
2002-06-11 6:30 ` Adrian Hoe
2002-05-23 19:54 ` Microsoft takes on ACT sk
2002-05-23 21:14 ` Michael Bode
2002-05-25 22:41 ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-26 20:19 ` Florian Weimer
2002-05-26 21:04 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-27 6:46 ` Florian Weimer
2002-05-27 6:46 ` Florian Weimer
2002-05-27 23:37 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-28 9:30 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-28 16:34 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-24 8:08 ` Dewi Daniels
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