At 10/18/2007 09:16 PM, you wrote:
Mike B. wrote:
> At 10/18/2007 05:14 PM, you wrote:
>> I very much doubt it. The concept of a word processor go back many
>> years
>> before Microsoft was incorporated as a company. WordPerfect, for
>
> Microsoft was around prior to 1982, so that's not a great example, and
> "word processors" originally appeared as stand-alone special purpose
> machines (mainframes had "text editors" in the early days, which is
> not quite the same thing) but your point is valid.
Prior to the introduction of the IBM PC in 1981, Microsoft was little
more than BASIC and a CP/M card for the Apple computer.
True, but they were incorporated as a company at the time.
-- Mike B.
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