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Re: Another IDE Bug!

• Posted by euman at bellsouth.net Aug 17, 2001
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Interesting, I have an IBM and tried to use the Win NT 4
installation CD on another non-IBM machine and because
it's setup to read the BIOS the O/S wont install.

Me thinks IBM's been burned meybe more than once.... 

I personally have an issue with this because I bought the
damn CD when I purchased my IBM Machine..

Euman
euman at bellsouth.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Walters" <gwalters at sc.rr.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 14:08
Subject: Re: Another IDE Bug!


> 
> That is quite interesting. Back in those days the Theos OS was around ( a
> competitor to CP/M called OASIS) and Tim Wms also had a back door secret
> code on OASIS. Do you think they expected ripoff's?? The story goes that
> when IBM went looking for an OS for their PC they set up meetings with 3 of
> the GRU's of the time, Bill, Tim, and one other I can't remember.  Bill was
> the only one with the business sense to show up for the meeting. The other's
> did not. What a big mistake.....
> 
> ...george
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Irv Mullins" <irvm at ellijay.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 2:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Another IDE Bug!
> 
> 
> >
> > On Friday 17 August 2001 11:01, president at insight-concepts.com wrote:
> > >
> > >  C. K. Lester wrote:
> > > >I think I'll switch to OS X on a PowerMac G4 (dual processor).
> > > >Apparently
> > > >those guys are not only fast, but they do the dishes and laundry.
> > > >They also
> > > >do Windows...
> > >
> > > A few years ago I would of agreed with you, but PC computers have
> > > surpassed the MAC. If you wait a few more months, Windows XP will
> > > finally be released. XP is th best thing Microsoft has developed
> > > since DOS or Win95.
> >
> > Microsoft "developed" DOS?
> > I don't think so.
> > If someone wanted to be very diplomatic about it, one might use the
> > word "appropriated".
> >
> > See http://www.aaxnet.com/topics/msinc.html#dr
> >
> > Quote:
> > 1982 - Digital Research sues Microsoft and IBM - Wins - . It was obvious
> > MS-DOS and its PC-DOS variant were simply rip- offs of Digital Research's
> > CP/M operating system. It remained only to prove it contained DR code.
> DR's
> > Gary Kildall sat down at an IBM PC supplied by IBM and, using a secret
> code,
> > got it to pop up a Digital Research copyright notice.
> >
> > It's case won, Digital Research received monetary compensation and the
> right
> > to clone MS-DOS. This is why Microsoft never sued DR over DR-DOS, but used
> > every other means to destroy it. The settlement was under a strict non-
> > disclosure agreement, so few even know DR sued, never mind that they won.
> >
> > End Quote.
> >
> > This is just one of a long list of cases where Microsoft has been sued for
> > "appropriating" someone else's work (and lost). We don't often hear of
> > these cases, because MS standard operating procedure is to pay off the
> > loss and demand a gag order regarding the settlement terms.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Irv
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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