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I had no idea what you meant by "it ain't done 'til Lotus won't run!", so I googled it. This is the first link that showed up: http://slashdot.org/story/05/08/
by dhawalhs 13y ago
I had no idea what you meant by "it ain't done 'til Lotus won't run!", so I googled it. This is the first link that showed up:
http://slashdot.org/story/05/08/02/2219208/the-dos-aint-done-til-lotus-wont-run-myth http://slashdot.org/story/05/08/02/2219208/the-dos-aint-done...
- rsynnott 13y agoWhatever about this particular instance, there are documented incidents where Microsoft deliberately made things not work; in particular, the Java thing, and the DR-DOS Windows thing (where Windows would run on DR-DOS if it pretended to be MS DOS, but not otherwise).
- tanzam75 13y ago> and the DR-DOS Windows thing (where Windows would run on DR-DOS if it pretended to be MS DOS, but not otherwise). Only in a beta, not in a released version: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/larryosterman/archive/2004/08/12/213681.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/larryosterman/archive/2004/08/12/213... Since it did not make it into a released version of Windows, it did not actually affect DR-DOS. Still, Novell eventually got an 8-digit settlement out of Microsoft.
- yuhong 13y agoI mentioned that lawsuit (particularly the Win95 parts) in my blog article on the MS OS/2 2.0 fiasco: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.ca/2012/12/about-ms-os2-20-fiasco-px00307-and-dr.html http://yuhongbao.blogspot.ca/2012/12/about-ms-os2-20-fiasco-...