NeXT
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Gee, you make that sound like a BAD thing
I would much prefer if NeXT was still around apple was a subsidiary of it and not the other way around like it is now.
Gee, you make that sound like a BAD thing
Woz is the nice one, I exchanged email with him once. Jobs is a money hoarding cheater, but without him, (and with Scully) were would Apple be? Dead.
Gee, you make that sound like a BAD thing
Its not wether you live or die (computer companies), but if you make something usefull and unique. The only thing unique about Apple today is its OS, which I could care less about.
I'm really unfamiliar with macs (read ignorant) and don't know what's in the newer models. Do they have an x86 achitecture? I just can't believe that I could stick in a Linux, or perhaps Minix3 CD and boot. That couldn't happen could it?True enough, essentially a PC and a MAC are more or less identical, only difference now is the OS...
I'm really unfamiliar with macs (read ignorant) and don't know what's in the newer models. Do they have an x86 achitecture? I just can't believe that I could stick in a Linux, or perhaps Minix3 CD and boot. That couldn't happen could it?
I'm sorry, but I'm confused about what you seem to be saying there. How is "text" cryptic? I'm using it now and probably everyone who reads this, knows what I'm saying.... And all was done with cryptic text: no pictures like the Mac. And developers were free to develop almost any program structure they liked. Then came Windows which gave users a picture of the cryptic DOS structure. Now we have access to Windows 95 which abandons much of the old DOS structure, requires common program features and allows up to 256 characters in a file name.
Well! Now that is interesting. So in a couple of years when these machines show up for cheap, I won't be trying to avoid them like I have macs in the past. Not that I didn't think they were good - just that I didn't want to go there. Now I might.I know people with x86 macs that have installed windows XP and many flavors of linux on them instead of OSX.
marshtric said...Now we have access to Windows 95 which abandons much of the old DOS structure
Here is a cool side by side compare of the IBM PC and the MAC.. I have to give one to the MAC it was the 1st mass made computer with a windows like interface, and did some pretty cool stuff for 1984....
Hmmn, wasn't it t'other way round? Windows was the first mass-market Mac-like interface...or sum'n like dat...I'm sooo confuzed...
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Well, take a look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_v._Microsoft
Basically, Apple licensed portions of the GUI to MS, and then sued them, and then in turn got sued by Xerox. We're a happy family...
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I think all his posts got deleted because he was really here to sell portable lecturns and indoor fountains. Actually very strange since vintage computer buffs are not known to be major consumers of those items! ... or am I wrong about that. I realized afterwards that it was a mistake for me to respond to his worthless posts.patscc: What happened to the original marshtric post, anyway ?
Anyone remember any other juicy computer-related lawsuits ? The Unisys gif issue comes to mind...
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I'm sorry, but I'm confused about what you seem to be saying there. How is "text" cryptic? I'm using it now and probably everyone who reads this, knows what I'm saying.