Comment Re:Everyone should read (Score 2) 97
I wonder where Microsoft would have ended up if they did not do all their dirty tricks
Comment t will be the embrace extend extinguish story (Score 1) 108
When the expert gets hired by Microsoft they get "neutralized". Their output will be controlled by Microsoft.
Microsoft's duty is to its share holders is to make $. It will be the embrace extend extinguish story
Comment Just say no, (Score 1) 68
Its the embrace part of embrace, enhance, extinguish.
The ultimate aim of this is to make money for windows.
And, another observation, is the needed server , running on Linux?
Comment Re:Are they? (Score 2) 170
RE comment "....... He expected a tidy profit from this investment. ......."
From the article
Lundgren was going to sell them to repair shops for a quarter each so they could hand them out to people who needed them.
Hardly a profit ... more likely ... just cover costs ....
Comment Dream 6800 in 1979 with 1KByte RAM (Score 1) 857
Built from parts on a PCB
Used a TV as a display
Had a hex keyboard with 16 keys for input.
Could load and store on Cassette tape
Still have it
Design is detailed in Electronics Australia magazine
The one built by the designer is shown here. http://www.mjbauer.biz/DREAM68...
Comment forged signature (Score 2, Informative) 227
The guy was on TV here in Australia.
He claimed the authorization signature looked nothing like his , and he said it looked like a 5 year old child wrote it ....
Churchill Accused of Sealing UFO Files, Fearing Public Panic 615
Newly released secret files show that Winston Churchill ordered a cover-up of an alleged encounter between a UFO and a RAF bomber because he feared public panic. From the article: "Mr Churchill is reported to have made a declaration to the effect of the following: 'This event should be immediately classified since it would create mass panic among the general population and destroy one's belief in the Church.'"
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