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I been around IT long enough to know that this statement: "DOS ain't done till Lotus won't run" Was never a common saying. It is actually: "DOS ain't done ti
by rilindo 11y ago
I been around IT long enough to know that this statement:
"DOS ain't done till Lotus won't run"
Was never a common saying. It is actually:
"DOS ain't done till Lotus runs"
I am not sure how it devolved to the current usage. I suspect it is probably started after the Microsoft-DOJ trials.
- pohl 11y agoI've been in computing since the TRS-80 Model I, and I have only ever heard the "won't run" variant.
- vram22 11y agoThe test could work both ways, if you really think about it: 1. I vaguely remember hearing stuff like that long ago - e.g. "Lotus 1-2-3 used such low-level features of the OS (MS-DOS) and the hardware (PC) - for performance, that it would not work on PC clones that are close but not 100% compatible. 2. It could also have meant: MS-DOS clones and PC clones were different enough (even if just slightly, but in crucial ways) that Lotus would not work on clones.
- fineman 11y agoThat's wrong. I started in that era and the saying was "till Lotus won't run" even back when it was fresh. Microsoft also put misleading error messages in Win3.1 to sabotage DRI's DR DOS product. There are email snippets of the execs planning their strategy. It's their standard operating procedure. They fixed around SimCity because it didn't compete with any of their offerings.