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by whobre 4mo ago
> A leopard can't change his shorts. But it can get old and lose its teeth...
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by whobre 4mo ago
There was a rumor of MS and DRI having a non-aggression pact before 1981: https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p/gary-kildall-bill-g...
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by whobre 4mo ago
Back in 1998, that would have been a legitimate concern…
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by whobre 4mo ago
They developed something called M-DOS or MIDAS in 1979, but by that time CP/M was already established, so they decided against releasing it.
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by whobre 4mo ago
That dude needs to fix his shift key. That aside, the job market has been horrible for recent graduates in the last three years and it’s just a fact.
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by whobre 4mo ago
> The founder of British computer maker Raspberry Pi has warned that overestimating the abilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) could put people off pursuing tech jobs and hurt the economy. Of course the key word is “overestimating” an
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by whobre 4mo ago
Sorry, but that’s some ivory tower wishful thinking.
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Kay Nishi and the Meeting That Started MS-DOS(nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com)
2 points by whobre 5mo ago|0 comments
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by whobre 5mo ago
< Rewind to 1973. The operating system common on microcomputers was CP/M OK. I love Raymond’s blog but this is crazy. Microcomputers existed only as a prototype in 1973 (things like Intel’s Intellec dev systems) and there were no op
40.
by whobre 5mo ago
Late 2022, but yes.
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by whobre 5mo ago
There was never a serious claim DOS copied CP/M code. The controversy was mostly about legality of reimplementation of the API, plus some pretty vague claims about copying the design: https://substack.com/@nemanjatrifun
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by whobre 5mo ago
Love it! Now, let's port it to CP/M (via GSX, maybe?)
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by whobre 5mo ago
It is due to the high cost, not shortage.
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Pointer-Stable Dynamic Arrays(vectrx.substack.com)
2 points by whobre 5mo ago|0 comments
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Why IBM Turned to Microsoft for Basic(nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com)
5 points by whobre 6mo ago|0 comments
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An Atari 8-bit Computer Timeline(goto10retro.com)
3 points by whobre 6mo ago|1 comments
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by whobre 6mo ago
Anyone who’s ever tried Lotus Notes.
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by whobre 6mo ago
Ironically , Clive Sinclair will be remembered for affordable home computers, but his real passion were small screens and electric vehicles. A true visionary - he was a couple of decades too early. RIP Sir Clive…
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by whobre 6mo ago
In stock price, no the earnings
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by whobre 6mo ago
One of the relatively unknown pioneers of microcomputers. Here is the transcript of his interview with the Computer History Museum https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/20...
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by whobre 6mo ago
I do use Linux at work and for programming at home, but for general office work Windows is just better, sorry. As for MacOS, I just hate it.
52.
by whobre 6mo ago
Interestingly, no mention of WTL
53.
by whobre 6mo ago
I’m sure he predicted the 2018 financial crisis as well…
54.
by whobre 6mo ago
Not everyone or even most. Just a very loud minority…
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by whobre 7mo ago
Just a matter of time until C++ compiles get AI included and then they will happily compile the code. Not that I am looking forward to that day…
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Mac Neo and my afternoon of reflection and melancholy(hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com)
3 points by whobre 7mo ago|0 comments
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by whobre 7mo ago
For a second I thought it was Woz who was joining Google…
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by whobre 7mo ago
The forever backwards compatible promise of C++ is pretty much the main reason anyone is using C++.
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Gary Kildall, Bill Gates and the "Gentleman's Agreement"(nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com)
4 points by whobre 7mo ago|0 comments
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by whobre 7mo ago
To be fair, CSV files can be huge nowadays. Don’t ask how I know…

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