____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 13 December 2007 16:03 : \____
> Rex Ballard <rex.ballard@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On Dec 13, 9:28 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> ____/ chrisv on Thursday 13 December 2007 13:29 : \____
>>> > Mark Kent wrote:
>>> >>It would be interesting to at least see any parts which IBM have the
>>> >>rights to, however, I suspect that Microsoft also have rights to it...
>>> > The blue-screen code?
>> OS/2 2.0 certainly had something like it. But when you saw the OS/2
>> version, it was much more scary. And the screen was white letters on
>> a black.background.
>>
>>> No, Ctrl + Alt + Del.
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zADyh0JQh8
>>
>> I love the look on Bill Gates face when the IBM guy says "I invented
>> it, but Bill made it Famous". The audience is laughing quite loudly,
>> and Bill is glaring like he would like to have the speaker executed on
>> the spot.
>>
>> Truly a classic.
>>
>> Another great classic:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgriTO8UHvs&NR=1
>>
>
> I enjoy them both very much. It's quite amazing to consider that
> there's really been no improvement device driver stability since the
> days of Windows 98 and before from Microsoft.
>
> Linux has had it very easy - there wasn't a moving target, more, a race
> past the post.
Without competition, there will never be improvement. Look at the 5+-year
feature freeze of Internet Explorer. Microsoft is quite the crime against
innovation in the software industry. The quicker competition is restored, the
better.
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