FWIW, He probably meant WordStar. My memory's fading - I also thought WP had a CP/M version! You say they didn't, so I'll take your word for it! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Wood" To: Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: "PIC-killer" is coming. > Unfortunately, WP never ran under CP/M. > > Douglas Wood > Software Engineer > dbwood@kc.rr.com > ICQ#: 143841506 > > Home of the EPICIS Development System for the PIC > http://epicis.piclist.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter L. Peres" > To: > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 1:26 PM > Subject: Re: [PIC]: "PIC-killer" is coming. > > > > >When MS gets involved in a business, things changed. > > > > Definitely. Look what it takes today to run a wordprocessor that crashes > > more often than WP under CP/M. > > > > >Where are all the simple Operating Systems now? > > > > In PICs, MCS51, Motorola, Hitachi, Rockwell, Mitsubishi, Thomson, Intel > > and many other CPUs, which run most of our cars, airplanes, power > > stations, washing machines, watches, cell phones, flight reservation > > systems, databases, web servers, mail servers, you name it. All these > > devices have two things in common: a) they work reliably most of the time > > b) they do not contain M$ technology. I can see a pattern here. > > > > Oh, by the way, all the mail servers that made your email to the piclist > > possible run non-M$ software, maybe with the exception of your own server. > > If you do not believe me, look at the headers. If you can, I mean. Because > > some email software won't let you. It's better for you not to know that, > > see. > > > > >Significant symptom: From > > >http://www.sco.com/scosource/letter_to_linux_customers.html > > > > This is a significant symptom for SCO going down with financial trouble. > > No serious Linux user will pay any attention to it, no matter what the > > outcome of their legal noise. You are quoting this out of context, since > > you do not quote the response of the Linux people to this. No SCO IP is, > > was or will be contained in any part of the Linux os or of its programs. > > The people who wrote them made and make very sure of that all the time. > > That is the point about Linux. Its GPL license systematically and > > calculatedly, deliberately prevents companies and individuals from cashing > > in on Linux IP by hijacking it, patenting it, or pretending it is theirs, > > including as IP. Ever. That is the whole point of GPL, see ? Of course you > > know that GNU stands for Gnu is not Unix ? This is not a joke (but it is > > funny in the context of the SCO pretensions). > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body