CP/M-86 / MSDOS / DRDOS / GEM / Windows

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Thu Sep 17 23:56:45 1998

On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Phil Clayton wrote:

> I found the most interesting article on a web site about Gary Kildall, and
> that CP/M could have possibly been our main stream OS.

Oh my, the Mac crowd would have loved to make fun of PIP and friends.
That article reminds me of another point that hasn't yet been made in
this drawn-out discussion. Early PC GUI's (pre-Win3) could be bound to
individual applications. Ventura was a stand-alone GEM app. The AOL
client was a stand-alone GEOS app. I know there were stand-alone Win
apps, but I can't remember any names.

Just one more data-point that shows that computer evolution is
application-driven, not the result of marketing magic or of religious wars
between Microsoft and Apple.

-- Doug
Received on Thu Sep 17 1998 - 23:56:45 BST

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