14 Nov
2019
14 Nov
'19
12:11 a.m.
On 11/13/19 6:07 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
The license was on paper. And Dave Cutler designed all this, before
going to Microsoft?
Not the licensing system (LMF), no.
Back in the day, the license was on a piece of paper,
and typing was the
only option.
?? Man I've done a whole bunch of those!? That was one thing that
was
hard to get used to in the 4.7->5.0 transition. I have been dealing with linux and unix a bit. but I
have noticed a Compiler and TCP/IP for VMS and a GUI. Well they are
really cranking VMS up, anything better than windows.
Of course. Do you find this surprising? VMS had a GUI thirty years
ago, and TCP/IP even before that. And compilers for a long list of
languages many years before that.
But, that's what people use.
I don't know where you hang out, but I think about 5% of the people I
know use Windows, all of whom have plans to dump it. And certainly none
of the hardcore technical people I know use it. I myself have never
used it...I'm not a patient person and I have real work to do.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA