The Ghost In The Machine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Also, one language is very conspicuous by its absence: C#.
He does not date any of the updates, so it's unclear how recently it
has been updated (a lot of the web is stale, like a rotting tree in a
forest.)
> AmigaBasic -- Microsoft-sponsore
entropy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> IBM seems to have had a history of squeezing out competition in the
> same way Microsoft has, if I recall correctly.
... and were told not to by a court. Which is the whole reason for the
existence of IBM clones, whether PCs or mainframes.
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"David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How is that better? Nothing in your car depends upon what tires you have
> on. But all of the rest of the software on your computer is dependent upon
> your choice of OS.
Which cars let you install another engine as easily as you can install
a
John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> No, it's a recommendation, an advise, nothing else.
It is a de facto standard instead of a de jure standard.
Sort of how the SMTP "recommendation" is the de facto standard for
internet mail instead of ISO-MOTIS (built on the X.400 spec).
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John Wingate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In 1986? That would be version 3. I have MS-DOS 3.10 (Victor/Sirius
> version corresponding to 3.1 for x86) dated 1986.
Yes, a better example of existing platforms (when PC-DOS 1.0 was
shipped with IBM's PCs) is CP/M, which QDOS -> PCDOS -> MSDOS was a
