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- From: rwh@moose.cccs.umn.edu (RICHARD HOFFBECK)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
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- References: <1992Dec22.201103.28693@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec22.234828.0203999@locus.com> <28DEC199212022792@moose.cccs.umn.edu> <1992Dec28.222355.0200785@locus.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:50:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.222355.0200785@locus.com>, lowell@locus.com (Lowell Morrison) writes:
- > In article <28DEC199212022792@moose.cccs.umn.edu> rwh@moose.cccs.umn.edu writes:
- > >In article <1992Dec22.234828.0203999@locus.com>, lowell@locus.com (Lowell Morrison) writes:
- > >>
- > >> Besides the 1983 promise to allow ME to use more than 640K on my AT still
- > >> is waiting to be filled by MicroSoft.
- > >
- > >Why should MS be responsible for IBM's promises?
- > If I am not mistaken, IBM Contracted for MS to produce DOS to their
- > specifications, therefore MS is/was contractually responsible for
- > IBM's promises.
-
- And IBM sets the parameters of what functionality they want in their OS. You
- don't really think that IBM contracted for a protected mode DOS, Microsoft
- didn't deliver, and then we didn't hear about it :-) I will blame MS to the
- extent that they have shown little interest in a protected mode DOS
- (multitasking or not); but rather, have always had their eye on a multitasking
- GUI like OS/2 or Windows. Now why didn't DR pursue a DOS-AT?
-
-
- > And since MS was the producer of SCO-Xenix
- > I don't think they come off lilly white there either.
-
- Actually MS is (or was) a minority shareholder of SCO. I don't know if they
- had any hand in the actual development of XENIX. My impression was that they
- simply resold a relabeled 80x8x version it as MS-XENIX.
-
- I think that there should have been a protected mode DOS-AT released with the
- AT that broke compatibility with the existing DOS (REAL mode has never been a
- strong selling point for the 286). On the otherhand, IBM was coming off a
- string a market failures (PCjr, portable PC and XT/370) so they may have been
- gun shy in trying to move too far too fast.
-
- > Have Fun and a Happy New Year.
-
- You too!
-
- --rick
-