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dennis@home wrote:
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> "Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message
> news:uqO3FVy$HHA.5868@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov wrote:
>>> "dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> running on fixed hardware and none of this compatibility afford a
>>>> computer. Its worth remembering that incompatible hardware is the
>>>> price we pay for having so much choice and it could have been so
>>>> different if M$ had sold exclusive rights to windows/dos to IBM, no
>>>> affordable clones, no internet as we know it, no linux..
>>>
>>> And then AmigA would of ruled the world as it was ment to.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> True enough, always makes me smile when they accuse MS of stealing
>> from Apple, it was actually Workbench and Intuition they stole
>
> Apple stole it from Xerox even down to the one button mouse.
> How a thief has the nerve to accuse someone else of stealing what they
> stole I will never understand.
> Must be a lack of morals I suppose.
A hypocritical lack of morals, methinks.
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> "Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message
> news:uqO3FVy$HHA.5868@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov wrote:
>>> "dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> running on fixed hardware and none of this compatibility afford a
>>>> computer. Its worth remembering that incompatible hardware is the
>>>> price we pay for having so much choice and it could have been so
>>>> different if M$ had sold exclusive rights to windows/dos to IBM, no
>>>> affordable clones, no internet as we know it, no linux..
>>>
>>> And then AmigA would of ruled the world as it was ment to.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> True enough, always makes me smile when they accuse MS of stealing
>> from Apple, it was actually Workbench and Intuition they stole
>
> Apple stole it from Xerox even down to the one button mouse.
> How a thief has the nerve to accuse someone else of stealing what they
> stole I will never understand.
> Must be a lack of morals I suppose.
A hypocritical lack of morals, methinks.
--
Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group:
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html
"Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based on
free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of the
creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country. Consumer
rights in the digital age are not frivolous."
- Maura Corbett