Hi Possibly because they run multiple very large / very expensive software packages that are Windows only items.
Bob On Nov 3, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Sarah White <kuze...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So, at or around 1981 (the year I was born) there was a cool concept. >> IBM was selling "personal computers" (IBM-PC compatible later became a >> thing) and by the time I was old enough to operate a modem, I had one >> myself. Life was good. >> >> Wonder if there is any sensible way to petition microsoft to fix this >> stupid mistake dating back to the DOS era. Windows 8 / metro is out now, >> and I can't bloody stand the changes. > > > I always wonder why people continue to use MS Windows. Perhaps thheir > employers force them to. But other than that why? > > I went to a meetig once where Bill Gate talked about the "new" OS called > "MS-DOS" At that time I already had a reasonable education in computer > science and was working the systems software for multi-user systems and > networking. What absolutly amazzed me was the Gates said his plan was to > make DOS more and more "nix-like" over the years. Then he went on to say > what thatment and it was clear he did NOT know the difference between an > operating system and a shell. He absolutely didn't. > > That is the root cause of all Window's problems. The company was run be a > "chief software architect" who technically very ignorant and lacked any > formal education in the subject. Windows still suffers because it tries to > maintain backwards compatabilty > > You have to remember that in 1980 we have computers that would allow 100 > people to simultainiously log in and do work from 100 different termmiansl. > We have the Internet (called arpanet back then. We had email and UNIX was > alive and well. We even had mice and track balls This was not the "dark > ages" the only real difference was the price of hardware. And in this age > gates did NOT know the difference between an OS and a command shell and he > was running Microsoft. > > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
