[cctalk] Bob Applegate passed away

2023-06-18 Thread Jeffrey Brace via cctalk
Just letting everyone know that Bob Applegate passed away a few days ago. He had been battling cancer for some time. He was involved with vintage computing for some time. Here is his website: http://www.corshamtech.com/ This is the website for his memorial: https://everloved.com/life-of/robert-app

[cctalk] Re: Bob Applegate passed away

2023-06-18 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> Just letting everyone know that Bob Applegate passed away a few days ago. > He had been battling cancer for some time. He was involved with vintage > computing for some time. Here is his website: http://www.corshamtech.com/ > > This is the website for his memorial: > https://everloved.com/life-o

[cctalk] Re: Did Bill Gates Really Say That?

2023-06-18 Thread John Ball via cctalk
Along the same lines as the 640K quote, I vaguely remember reading a book that quoted Bill Gates when asked about developing any software for NeXTSTEP (Probably porting Microsoft Office to compete against Lotus Improv and Word Perfect) where his reply was "Develop for it? I'll piss on it!" It's bee