On 3/30/10 5:42 PM, "Chip Davis" <c...@aresti.com> wrote: > Aside from the "run multiple OSes on the desktop" part, shouldn't we be > insulted?
Oh, it gets better. Check this out (from the press release): "Software System Award (sic) honors an institution or individual(s) recognized for developing a software system that has had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in commercial acceptance, or both. This award carries a prize of $35,000. ***Financial support for the award is provided by IBM <http://www.ibm.com/> .***" (emphasis mine) Talk about someone that ought to know better.... Although I guess the out is that it's a yearly award and the "commercial acceptance" clause is slick enough to slide by. Then again, *how* many copies of PROFS were there? I guess IBM can't give the prize to itself, though (for inventing the office productivity suite). -- db
