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- From: dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.191843.21694@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
- Organization: Camosun College, Victoria B.C, Canada
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- References: <1993Jan02.091939.18120@microsoft.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 19:18:43 GMT
- Lines: 58
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- philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- : In article <1993Jan2.004712.10346@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
- : >philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- : >: In article <1992Dec31.224255.27090@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
- : >: >philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- : >: >> In article <1992Dec29.194318.27886@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
- : >: >> >
- : >: >> >And if the fact that DRDOS's emulation is imperfect because of
- : >: >> >information held back by Mircrosoft?
- : >: >> >
- : >: >>
- : >: >> Oh, this is rich. The only way that DR-DOS could get perfect
- : >: >> MS-DOS emulation is if they had the source code.
- : >: >
- : >: >Really? And presumably, by the same argument, the only way an AMD386
- : >: >could provide perfect emulation of an Intel 386 is if AMD had access
- : >: >to the original Intel drawings?
- : >:
- : >: Yes! That's exactly my point. They can get close, but they
- : >: aren't going to be 100% the same as Intel unless, well, they are
- : >: 100% the same.
- : >
- : >Oh please! Emulation does *not* mean running identically *internally*.
- : >I suggest you read any textbook on abstract data types.
- :
- : If you claim to be 100% Intel compatible, and your processor
- : exhibits difference in behavior from Intel's, should Intel be
- : responsible for changing their product?
-
- A difference in behaviour I interpret to mean in external interface,
- *not* internal mechanics. If this were not the case then the 486 could
- not claim to be compatible with the 386....
-
- : You bring up functional specifications below - the fact is,
- : MS-DOS doesn't have a rigid one that would allow a clone
- : to be written.
-
- Well that explains a lot!
- [....]
- : >: >Never heard of functional specifications?
- : >:
- : >: Of course I have. This is why I can't understand when people
- : >: complain to Microsoft because DR-DOS didn't meet them exactly.
- : >
- : >If this is indeed the case. There do however seem to be plebnty of
- : >people claiming to have evidence to the contrary.
- :
- : None of this evidence has been presented.
- : BTW, I have evidence that Elvis is alive and well and
- : living in my refrigerator.
-
- Finall you confirm my suspicions - you are actually a writer for The
- Weekly World News aren't you?
-
- --
- Real: Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.
- Email: (dbarker@spang.camosun.bc.ca)
- Phone: +1 604 370 4452
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