From: john slee <indigoid@higherplane.net>
To: Rob Landley <landley@webofficenow.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself.
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 21:46:33 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010626214633.N30872@higherplane.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010625200540.A1294@bombe.modem.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 08:05:41PM +0200, Andreas Bombe wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 02:21:18PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
> > Name one thing Microsoft actually invented. Other than Microsoft Bob.
>
> were listed and where they bought or stole it from. The only things
> that were really Microsoft's invention were, at that time, found to be
> a) the .ini config file format (which has spread outside of the MS
> world) and b) the annoying paper clip.
i don't believe the paperclip was their idea either. the original
company or product was named something todo with birds? parrots maybe.
'tis a distant memory.
j.
--
"Bobby, jiggle Grandpa's rat so it looks alive, please" -- gary larson
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-26 11:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <51FCCCF0C130D211BE550008C724149E01165690@mail1.affiliatedhealth.org>
2001-06-21 18:21 ` The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself Rob Landley
2001-06-25 18:05 ` Andreas Bombe
2001-06-26 11:46 ` john slee [this message]
2001-06-28 22:27 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-29 20:02 ` Paul Fulghum
[not found] <fa.hs4no6v.h0k6ok@ifi.uio.no>
2001-06-30 15:38 ` Ted Unangst
2001-07-02 5:14 ` Greg Rollins
[not found] <87009604743AD411B1F600508BA0F95994C8DF@XOVER.dedham.mindsp eed.com>
2001-06-29 19:47 ` Android
2001-06-29 19:11 Clayton, Mark
2001-06-29 18:05 ` Rob Landley
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-06-22 12:36 Holzrichter, Bruce
2001-06-21 13:00 Jesse Pollard
2001-06-28 22:02 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-29 19:41 ` Lew Wolfgang
2001-06-30 1:10 ` David Schwartz
2001-06-30 1:45 ` Lew Wolfgang
2001-06-30 2:50 ` David Schwartz
2001-06-30 7:24 ` Lionel Elie Mamane
2001-06-30 14:22 ` Dmitri Pogosyan
2001-06-20 22:53 Wayne.Brown
2001-06-21 7:59 ` Daniel Stone
2001-06-20 20:42 Miles Lane
2001-06-20 21:33 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-20 22:31 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-20 19:53 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-21 8:50 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-06-21 16:41 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-20 22:09 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-20 22:33 ` Larry McVoy
2001-06-20 22:51 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-20 23:02 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-20 23:04 ` William T Wilson
2001-06-20 23:07 ` Khalid Aziz
2001-06-21 8:46 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-06-21 13:48 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-21 17:32 ` Miles Lane
2001-06-20 23:16 ` Richard Gooch
2001-06-20 23:20 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-21 0:46 ` Michael Bacarella
2001-06-21 14:20 ` chuckw
2001-06-21 8:37 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-06-21 16:25 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-21 22:37 ` Michael Bacarella
2001-06-21 22:49 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-22 11:08 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-22 18:33 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-28 22:33 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-21 12:57 ` Helge Hafting
2001-06-20 23:34 ` Alan Olsen
2001-06-21 10:07 ` Paul Flinders
2001-06-21 12:57 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-21 14:01 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-23 16:29 ` watermodem
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