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Then I'm guilty of the same thing as OP: I saw in one particular instance that XP wasn't doing SPR and assumed it wasn't capable of it. OSX was definitely doing

Then I'm guilty of the same thing as OP: I saw in one particular instance that XP wasn't doing SPR and assumed it wasn't capable of it. OSX was definitely doing it at the time, though, because I had to deal with a visual issue that revolved around it, and it was everywhere by default. EDIT: Did some googling. This is a bigger, older, juicier drama than I knew. It even looks like Nathan Mhyrvold and Woz were involved! https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/12/biztech/articles/07microsoft-flat.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/... > Cleartype was suspiciously similar to approaches developed many years earlier by researchers at Apple Computer, IBM, Xerox Corp. and elsewhere. > Gibson decided to stake his own claim to history by creating a Web page to document what he calls the original pioneering work in sub-pixel technology by Steven Wozniak, designer of the Apple II computer. I believe this is the site: https://www.grc.com/ctwho.htm https://www.grc.com/ctwho.htm

mistrial9 8y ago
too strange to believe combinations of ultra-aggressive management plus occasional engineering brilliance plus team sports engineering efforts; before the Internet, paper print was one side of mass consumer applications aka the big money. People here know that super-smart father figure founder John Warnock literally burst into tears on stage as bitter rivals (MSFT AAPL) turned buddy-buddy behind closed doors to knock Adobe off of their type perch, right ?
- jjoonathan 8y ago
  I believe it. I haven't heard the story told from that angle yet, though.
NeedMoreTea 8y ago
There's a blast from the past. I remember downloading that GRC demo to prove to a friend it should work on any laptop, not just the Mac. I have a vague memory that SPR on Windows XP was very oddly integrated when it did arrive. You didn't download an update or utility, you went to some Microsoft page that turned it on, and tuned it for your monitor. So for most people it may as well have not existed.

mistrial9 8y ago

too strange to believe combinations of ultra-aggressive management plus occasional engineering brilliance plus team sports engineering efforts; before the Internet, paper print was one side of mass consumer applications aka the big money. People here know that super-smart father figure founder John Warnock literally burst into tears on stage as bitter rivals (MSFT AAPL) turned buddy-buddy behind closed doors to knock Adobe off of their type perch, right ?

jjoonathan 8y ago
I believe it. I haven't heard the story told from that angle yet, though.

NeedMoreTea 8y ago

There's a blast from the past. I remember downloading that GRC demo to prove to a friend it should work on any laptop, not just the Mac. I have a vague memory that SPR on Windows XP was very oddly integrated when it did arrive. You didn't download an update or utility, you went to some Microsoft page that turned it on, and tuned it for your monitor. So for most people it may as well have not existed.