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Founder of Go Computer, Inc. sues Microsoft

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-such-thing-as-a-statute-of-limitations dept.

wantobe writes "From Yahoo! News 'Microsoft saw Go's PC operating system as a serious threat to its operating system monopoly and took swift covert action to 'kill' it just as it did the Netscape/Sun Java threat to its monopoly," according to Go's private action in federal court. ' Are Kaplan's complaints warranted, or is he just taking advantage of some recent Microsoft court losses and trying to get his cut? "

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  1. Re:Geez by kmmatthews · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    A. OS/2 was not incompatible with windows; in fact, OS/2 had a tendency to run windows applications BETTER than Windows 3.1
    A.1. OS/2 supported Win32 quite well.

    B. Bill Gates himself asked Andy Grove (intel) not to invest in Go, and that such an action would be taken as anti-Microsoft.

    C. The reason those "shells" and Windows itself were "more compatible with DOS" is because Microsoft intentionally added code to DOS to cause problems with those other shells. Google for "Digital Research DOS."

    M'kay, softie? At least know your facts before you start spouting mindless fanboy-isms.

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    feh. stuff.