> I'm looking forward to learning the world of Linux. I hadn't realised that > Linux predated DOS. Did I understand that correctly? As I recall, when IBM > brought out the first PC they needed an operating system and found this > young geek called Bill Gates, who promised them a solution and then > quickly > cobbled together an OS from something he borrowed. It was referred to as > QDOS (for quick and dirty operating system) but I'm not sure if that was > Bill Gates' efforts or the name of the product he > begged/borred/bought/stole.
I'm sure Martin meant UNIX, which Linux is derived from and which DOS attempted to aspire to. UNIX has been around longer than DOS. Windows was conceived in 1985. Linux came a bit later in 1991. > DOS was also known as the "Trapped Rat" - a reference to the 1K (am I > right) > of memory that it was trapped inside, a legacy that was still hampering > Microsoft well into Windows 95, I seem to recall. I think it's 1MB, though I've never heard of the "trapped rat" expression. Certainly it was a struggle to get past 640K in those days, though whoever could possibly need more than that anyway? lol > BTW - when is next meeting? Tonight? Yes - probably see you there. I'm assuming it's at the school? Malc -- Sensationsangebot nur bis 30.11: GMX FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL für nur 16,37 Euro/mtl.!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
