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Post #AoDeLMr34ScOyKduyG by [email protected] |
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"Bell Labs created Microsoft by charging $25,000 for Unix. If they'd c… |
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Post #AoDeYknBNmhIyhDYB6 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Running on an 8086 processor. No, I don´t think so. |
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Post #AoDei31Gz2DY7CEw6q by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Most people think Windows is free because it comes with their compute… |
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Post #AoDfXiuez6gkoVmtd2 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Early on both Apple and Microsoft /PC manufacturers started selling t… |
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Post #AoDgZGm2fwsG4k3eCm by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft 👍 Maybe Plan 9 / Inferno may of been the way we compute today? |
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Post #AoDjCZegbo5VpxUEwS by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft They also created Linux in the same way. So... |
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Post #AoDlQEbxqWG4X6r59c by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft My suspicion is that Bell Labs had nothing to do with the pricing. |
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Post #AoDoLQXoLryxxPJOLo by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft They charged $40k for the first copy., $16k for the second.and $1k af… |
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Post #AoDovHQDkJmK5brDeK by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I think this is mostly right. There was Xenix, which also helped to p… |
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Post #AoDtYzDDGiOv0qxhuS by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft windows is also not in reach of many developing countries. Yet we hav… |
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Post #AoDwDkJRljxgaHRQK8 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft A computer affordable to a private customer was not equipped to execu… |
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Post #AoE1YcGvMJ0HUy24Rs by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft BTW unless you want that to continue, Please support this petitionhtt… |
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Post #AoE5S2dpJr2z4TriE4 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Disagree. Microsoft gained it's foothold in the industry by maki… |
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Post #AoE9DIARi8c2hJLSG8 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft definitely would have made it harder for windows but it’s not clear… |
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Post #AoFVR5EOzpxKmS8XpY by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft probably not. Microsoft were clever and bundled their BASIC software … |
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Post #AoHGOHRm0pM4nlW4jw by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I don't agree. ms was a licensee, and they did nothing useful. P… |
