Jobs vs. Gates: Who's the Star?
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kumarmohit
Technomancer
aryayush said:
Does not do it publically!
I cant believe it, he is a businessman, charity brings free publicity, u there El Jobso?
Quiz_Master
* Teh Flirt King *
Oye Bittu Tu...Vicky333 said:Hey bro are u know who i am ?think bro
Maje main naa... (Sorry Guys for disturbance..he is my neighbour
)OK. What now I think is JOBs is nat a star but even Gate is not cleaned.
Whan IBM was planning to enter in PC Market with its IBM-PCs, they needed an OS. Bill Gates did not take up the arduous task of developing the OS. Instead he approached a company called Seattle Computer who had developed the operating system. Without revealing the IBM connection Bill Gates purchased the OS (at a dirt cheap price 50,000$) on behalf of Microsoft.
Microsoft subsequently licensed OS to IBM and partenered with other computer manufacturers to include its own version, called MS-DOS, with every computer system sold. Microsoft has subsequently dislodged IBM as the official behemoths of the software industry. It is ironical that IBM did the initial hand holding to steady Microsoft.
MS Cheated with IBM.
So what gate is a cheater? You tell me...8)
cynosure
UbuntuUser
iMav said:
Even reading increases your knowledge. If he's saying something then theres a healthy chance that he's right. And if MS is the case, then he can be right. Even Ive hear a lot that MS swindle other big organisations to keep their place. And this is right. This is what is called as competition.
Not everytime WYSIWYG.
And that statement sounds like that you are with BillGates.
aryayush
Aspiring Novelist
Yes, what Quiz_Master is saying is true. That is how it happened and it is well documented in the book Fire in the Valley.iMav said:
But that is just good business sense, IMHO. Great business sense, in fact. He did not cheat anyone. He has cheated people in his career, but not in this case. IBM got what they wanted and they sold a lot of computers due to that OS. Seattle Computers got a lot more than they ever thought they could. And Bill Gates, playing the middleman, got the most out of the deal because of sheer business acumen. It is not his fault that the folks at Seattle Computers did not realise the potential for their software and that the IBM guys did not find anyone else to deal with.
Well !!
You have seen the DOS history.. how about the history of Windows ? ( already known ignore this)
Microsoft first began development of the Interface Manager (subsequently renamed Microsoft Windows) in September 1981.
Although the first prototypes used Multiplan and Word-like menus at the bottom of the screen, the interface was changed in 1982 to use pull-down menus and dialogs, as used on the Xerox Star.
Microsoft finally announced Windows in November 1983, with pressure from just-released VisiOn and impending TopView.
This was after the release of the Apple Lisa, and before Digital Research announced GEM, and DESQ from Quarterdeck and the Amiga Workbench , or GEOS/GeoWorks Ensemble, IBM OS/2, NeXTstep or even DeskMate from Tandy. Windows promised an easy-to-use graphical interface, device-independent graphics and multitasking support.
The development was delayed several times, however, and the Windows 1.0 hit the store shelves in November 1985. The selection of applications was sparse, however, and Windows sales were modest.
( more than 90% Pcs run on Windows)
With regards,
Vaithy
You have seen the DOS history.. how about the history of Windows ? ( already known ignore this)
Microsoft first began development of the Interface Manager (subsequently renamed Microsoft Windows) in September 1981.
Although the first prototypes used Multiplan and Word-like menus at the bottom of the screen, the interface was changed in 1982 to use pull-down menus and dialogs, as used on the Xerox Star.
Microsoft finally announced Windows in November 1983, with pressure from just-released VisiOn and impending TopView.
This was after the release of the Apple Lisa, and before Digital Research announced GEM, and DESQ from Quarterdeck and the Amiga Workbench , or GEOS/GeoWorks Ensemble, IBM OS/2, NeXTstep or even DeskMate from Tandy. Windows promised an easy-to-use graphical interface, device-independent graphics and multitasking support.
The development was delayed several times, however, and the Windows 1.0 hit the store shelves in November 1985. The selection of applications was sparse, however, and Windows sales were modest.
( more than 90% Pcs run on Windows)
With regards,
Vaithy
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