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  1. Re:Oh the irony. by Dave_bsr · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Andy Tanenbaum on 'Who Wrote Linux'

    Actually... didn't MS get its start writing BASIC compilers??

    I'm the first to disagree with anyone who says that Bill Gates isn't a very smart guy. He's got programming skills and incredible business smarts. However, he didn't write DOS, it was a clone of CP/M bought from another seattle company and then resold to IBM. story.

    You are right of course, that each engineering marvel builds on something previously. If all the tech in the world were removed, we might know how to build cars and houses and put together computer systems, but we'd never know how to put together a hammer with stones and sticks, or fashion steel and silicone out of iron and sand. It would be interesting, wouldn't it? We'd have to start out with that old tech, to get back to this new stuff.

    Anyways. idiots complain about Microsoft all the time, stupidly. But smart people do too - and there are plenty of good arguments against MS that don't require ignorance. The debate will continue. Hopefully Linux will get better, and the computing experience in general will get better. We'll see.

  2. The Real Father of DOS &Windows by CrypticSpawn · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Andy Tanenbaum on 'Who Wrote Linux'

    Okay the real father of dos and windows is here

  3. Re:Uhh... by Pingular · · Score: -1, Flamebait · on Linux Based Tablets Are Coming

    The laptop/tablet combination is really a neat idea. You have a keyboard with a touchpad or nipple for mouse movement, but also a touch screen and stylus. The LCD rotates 180 degrees so you can have it in a laptop form factor (LCD and keyboard at 90 degrees), or in a tablet form (like a closed laptop, but with the LCD screen facing outwards). That way, you can carry it around like a notepad and write on it in tablet form, but then sit down, swing it around into a laptop, and use it for typing in a meeting.
    Wow, thanks! I didn't know what the laptop/tablet combination did already. You see I'm blind, and couldn't look at the pictures.
    I've been thinking about selling my current laptop and buying a tablet to replace it
    So, you've got a perfectly good laptop now, and instead of just buying a notepad, you're going to buy a combination of the two?
    prices need to come down a bit more before I do that.
    You're waiting to buy something that contains half of what you have already, when you could (probably) buy a notepad right now? Well, if it's what you want I can't stop you, but I think it might be a good idea to reconsider...

  4. What about other systems like... by CrypticSpawn · · Score: 4, Informative · on Large Scale Collaborative Editing
    Whats the difference from that and these?

    NASA System
    Diracian

  5. Alot of patents stuff hitting the fan these days by CrypticSpawn · · Score: 1 · on FTC Issues Report Critical Of Patent Policy

    Seems interesting to read. All these patent issues seem to be flaring up all of a sudden check this out.