Old Microsoft stuff...

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Mon Jun 15 20:34:58 1998

Jeff Kaneko wrote:
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> <SNIP>
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> Methinks they also did a port of MS-Word for the AT&T Unix-PC 7300 (A

The Unix PC port of MS-Word was from the DOS version, not the Windows
version still in the future. MultiPlan was also available for the
Unix PC.

> > Apple: Apple softcard combind package of CP/M and MS languges and a z80.
> > TRS80: Disk basic.

And ROM BASIC before that.

> > PDP-11: Didn't MS do a unix varient?

They did most Xenix development on (IIRC) Vaxen.

> > UNix... they did have a hand in a PC unix and apps for it.

MS licensed the Unix code from Bell Labs and started the project. They
could not make it a commercial product. They sublet the license to
Altos, Tandy and SCO (in order of products shipped, in reverse order of
long-term corporate success with the product).

> >
> > Allison

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Ward Griffiths
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Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
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