Subj : Re: German state moving 30,00
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : acn
Date : Tue Apr 09 2024 02:01 pm

Am 06.04.24 schrieb poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 in FSX_GEN:

Hallo poindexter,

pF> I posted somewhere recently about an alt.history of the web - I'll have
pF> to look it up. Digital Research signed the deal with IBM, but kept the
pF> rights to CP/M, made a GUI with GEM desktop, merged with WordPerfect,
pF> then bought Cello browser and ended up with the market running a GUI,
pF> browser and office suite tied together with the early web in the mid
pF> '90s, around the time Microsoft Windows 95 came out.

pF> In this world, I wonder if Gary Kildall and Digital Research would have
pF> turned out differently from the predatory business practices of  Bill
pF> Gates and Microsoft at the time?

As I've heard that Gary was a completely different type of person than  
Bill Gates was/is - more friendly and helping and not that uber  
capitalist...

So I guess it really would have turned out differently.

Regards,
Anna

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