Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/29/05:27:23
Daniel P Hudson <afn03257 AT afn DOT org> wrote in article
<199701281236 DOT HAA40563 AT freenet3 DOT freenet DOT ufl DOT edu>...
>Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net> wrote:
>Might be possible, but he made it sound liek the OS would blow up the
>computer if it wasn't MS-DOS, all it does is warn, and truth be known,
>DR. DOS was never 100% MS-DOS compatable so the warning was called for.
>I never ran across any probelms under windows, but I only use windows,
>to this day, for filmanager and Works.
The warning messages were not as innocent as you think they are. It was
aimed at a competiters product, and it was wrong, period.
>Umm, that was for MS's liscence agreement that IBM had to pay money for
>every system sold whether MS-DOS was on it or not. Frankly, I thought
>this was dumb, IBM should have known better than to sign such a thing.
It not IBM alone. Its all PC vendors. Once again, the terms are wrong,
period.
>But let's point out a few point they don't harp about,
>1. AT&T, the makers of this precious Unix OS at one time was ordered
> by the FCC to permit useage of thier long-ditance lines, until then
> they were essentially a monopoly. Anyone care? No? So why the fuss
> over MS?
That's a different issue. AT&T don't have competitors in the long distance
telephone services in the U.S. It is broken up to create competition.
>IBM and Intel have committed several violations, yet they never made the
>news, but MS puts a warning message in Windows and the World is
>making a mountain out of a mole hill.
IBM was punished by law for its violations. Microsoft has never was. The
world talk about the messages because the world see injustice.
>People used to complain MS charged for everything, now they complain
>that Navigator is free. they used to complain that MS-DOS was
>only 16Bit and had no GUI, now they complain windows is slow.
Guess what, they are all legitimate complains!
>See the point? A legitimate complaint is one thing, but most of these
>people just do it to bitch.
Once again, people bitch because people see injustice. The moment justice
is achieved, all the complaining will stop.
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Weiqi Gao
weiqigao AT crl DOT com
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