Ed Goertzen replied:
> A further point, Did you know that Bill Gates "stole" some of the basic
> (oops) elements of the operating system that he coulsd not buy through an
> interesting process called "reverse engineering"
Yup, but he didn't even invent *this* ! "Reverse Engineering" is the
old ordinary way of stealing ideas in software. (The "black box" kind
of RE can be done by any user..) To some extent, modern copyright laws
even allow this, and being the son of a lawyer, Billy G. knew exactly what
he could "legally" do...
Chris
