Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Apr 23 21:54:04 2002

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> >
> > > such as when Bill Gates said, "The 80286 is brain-dead." ?
> >
> > Did he really say that? I can't imagine what he'd have meant. Perhaps he was
> > mad at the Intel folks.
>
> Yes, he did.
> Also, Gordon Letwin (author of OS/2 at Microsoft) compared mode
> switching of the 286 to having to shut off your engine to change gears
> on the freeway.

Interesting you bring up Gordon Letwin...I picked up a copy of his book
_Inside OS/2_ last Friday at the annual library book sale. I haven't
started to read it yet, so I hope it was worth the $1 it cost me.

-Toth
Received on Tue Apr 23 2002 - 21:54:04 BST