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You're taking received wisdom from Wikipedia, and it's wrong. Common User Access was for normalizing IBM applications, across its then hardware platforms: the
by JdeBP 11y ago
You're taking received wisdom from Wikipedia, and it's wrong. Common User Access was for normalizing IBM applications, across its then hardware platforms: the PC, System/3x, and System/370. Indeed, it's most promiment PC success was 32-bit IBM OS/2, which implemented the later CUA 91 and which most definitely wasn't DOS.
- gcb0 11y agowell, whatever the actual reason, i actually (used to) consult it when writing CURSE applications only because it is the closest we have for a curses application usability standard. where it came from originally is not much of concern. but the fact that it is the best we have, is.
- spacemanmatt 11y agoIt wasn't bad. I appreciate the attempt to reduce my cognitive load.