In the early 80s which you mention, a computer could be purchased for under $300! The software was supplied for free or available at low cost. Remember the days of the ZX81, the Spectrum by Sinclair? Then Commodore of course with the Pet and 64. That was the original market before Gates came and "purchased" DOS from Seattle Computers.
No, everything was better before Gates, in my opinion. There was also Digital Research's CPM operating system at the time.
Oh well, it does not make sense to keep thinking of the past, we should look at the future to see what we can do to get rid of Bloatware.
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In the early 80s which you mention, a computer
could be purchased for under $300! The software
was supplied for free or available at low cost.
Remember the days of the ZX81, the Spectrum by Sinclair? Then Commodore of course with the Pet
and 64. That was the original market before
Gates came and "purchased" DOS from Seattle Computers.
No, everything was better before Gates, in my opinion. There was also Digital Research's CPM operating system at the time.
Oh well, it does not make sense to keep thinking
of the past, we should look at the future to see
what we can do to get rid of Bloatware.
If go this URL, you can read how according to Microsoft, Windows will meet its demise by the year 2004, perhaps replaced by Linux.
http://news.bbc. co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_253000/253592.st
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