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Letwin was also the guy for OS/2 on the Microsoft side while the alliance lasted. His Inside OS/2 is a detailed account of trying to squeeze a real multitasking
by twoodfin 13y ago
Letwin was also the guy for OS/2 on the Microsoft side while the alliance lasted. His Inside OS/2 is a detailed account of trying to squeeze a real multitasking, protected memory OS into a '286:
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-OS-2-Gordon-Letwin/dp/1556151179 http://www.amazon.com/Inside-OS-2-Gordon-Letwin/dp/155615117...
The cover photo is also classic.
- jonah 13y ago"Foreword by Bill Gates"
- adamnemecek 13y agoThe photo should be in a National Geographic captioned "A Unix beard in his natural habitat".
- sliverstorm 13y agoIn its natural habitat. A Unix beard is genderless; it merely seems to exhibit a preference for male hosts.
- peatmoss 13y agoI thought Unix greybeards were like Tolkien's dwarves in exhibiting little sex-based dimorphism.