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Re: [News] 64-Bit Windows Vista - Not What Microsoft Had Promised

  • Subject: Re: [News] 64-Bit Windows Vista - Not What Microsoft Had Promised
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:15:46 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / ISBE, Manchester University / ITS / Netscape / MCC
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__/ [ Lawrence D'Oliveiro ] on Friday 22 September 2006 05:25 \__

> In message <3247023.mJMFQ9PJUf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> Mainstream 'media' is controlled by people whose wage is financed by
>> sponsors. A paper that does not praise Microsoft will have a giant
>> retaliate and intimidate.
> 
> What was the media like 20 years ago, when it was IBM, not Microsoft, that
> was dominant? How did Microsoft become popular back then?

The following was published today. It was an interesting story for me to read
as I was a toddler at the time.

http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/09/22/the-key-decision-that-earned-bill-gates-his-53-billion/

        The key decision that earned Bill Gates his $53 billion

It's like a short lesson in history of computing. Which reminds me: the
Museum of computing is funded by the Gates Foundation, so expect history to
be written with bias...

Best wishes,

Roy

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