
By Jo Best
Published: Friday 18 February 2005
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Name
Tim Foster
Location
Midlands, UK
Occupation
Network Manager
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If Microsoft are planning to write software for other devices, such as cars, does that mean our cars will crash as often as our Windows PCs do?
MS did not create the PC industry. What bs! MS jus...
George Eakin
You can say much about MS, but innovation is not o...
Anonymous
If Microsoft are planning to write software for ot...
Tim Foster
I have to disagree with my friend here. Microsoft...
Angus Doyle
CP/M was the first standard PC platform for mass m...
David Tebbutt
"It's their, only their one music store, only thei...
Michael Foggin
Poor me! I alwais thought the PC industry was crea...
Stanislav Dmitriev
It's good to know some people still have a good gr...
Steve Johnson
I'm sorry Angus. Microsoft invented the mouse and...
David Cantrill
David T. hit the nail on the head there. All Gate...
John Hauxwell
Angus sounds like a youngster.
The PC industry ...
Roger Huffadine
I am no fan of Microsoft - anything but and I alwa...
Fred Astaire
Microsoft was an important player in the developme...
Michael Fischer
David..
I never said microsoft invented the mo...
Angus Doyle
CP/M came before DOS. GEM came before Windows.
...
Ian Hartas
Some bloke with dancing shoes on wrote:
'When w...
Anonymous
I don't happen to be a particular 'fan' of Microso...
Mark Cooper
Angus - The invention of the mouse is credited to ...
Michael Fischer
So, Mr. Gates invented "compatible machines and so...
Steve Booth
Angus wrote:
No one can deny in sound mind that...
Steve Farkas
let's see "multitasking" HELLOOOOOOOO
AMIGA! exte...
BRUCE BOWMAN
I like the comments from Mark Cooper. It is sad th...
Kerry Galloway
And Gates didn't even invent extensions to standar...
Bob Emmett
I totally agree with the statement. Many gadgets c...
Shum
I used computers at college (15 years ago) and the...
Paul Goldstone
Mr Booth with respect, the conversation was about ...
Angus
Who created the PC industry...
Ignoring the fac...
Michael Fischer
What??? Bill? Come back to reality man!? Steve ...
Anonymous
The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 196...
Robert Morrisette
Self-aggrandizement (on this scale) is a step down...
Trevor Morton
Angus, though obviously too young to remember the...
Ran Talbott
nice site
mike
'Microsoft created the PC industry' - Bill Gates.
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Jamie Smith
The mouse was invented in the 1960's
by Douglas E...
john allen
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