Comments on: Microsoft Buyout of Yahoo? http://www.poligazette.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-buyout-of-yahoo/ Because Common Sense Transcends Distance Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:11:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: IT training scotland http://www.poligazette.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-buyout-of-yahoo/comment-page-1/#comment-74224 IT training scotland Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:12:01 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-buyout-of-yahoo/#comment-74224 Crazy business model microsoft have, there is no doubt about it. You cant deny its brought them success though, no matter how ruthless it is. Cant say I agree with it ethically mind you :P Scott Crazy business model microsoft have, there is no doubt about it.

You cant deny its brought them success though, no matter how ruthless it is.

Cant say I agree with it ethically mind you :P

Scott

]]> By: Tully http://www.poligazette.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-buyout-of-yahoo/comment-page-1/#comment-22261 Tully Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:46:47 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-buyout-of-yahoo/#comment-22261 Not exactly. They bought it (QDOS) from Tim Paterson, but rewrote it completely in the next iteration to tailor it to the IBM PC architecture. QDOS was originally either partially derived from CP/M or a new OS that had similar command structure due to chip requirements, depending on who you believe. (And both can be correct.) The original commercial GUI was on the Xerox Star Workstation. Apple "stole" the idea for the LISA GUI after the LISA team saw it at NCC'81. When Jobs was kicked off the LISA team and joined the Macintosh team, he insisted on GUI for it as well. MS played catchup until it could develop Workgroups, but had that massive IBM contract to fall back on. Not exactly. They bought it (QDOS) from Tim Paterson, but rewrote it completely in the next iteration to tailor it to the IBM PC architecture. QDOS was originally either partially derived from CP/M or a new OS that had similar command structure due to chip requirements, depending on who you believe. (And both can be correct.)

The original commercial GUI was on the Xerox Star Workstation. Apple “stole” the idea for the LISA GUI after the LISA team saw it at NCC’81. When Jobs was kicked off the LISA team and joined the Macintosh team, he insisted on GUI for it as well. MS played catchup until it could develop Workgroups, but had that massive IBM contract to fall back on.

]]> By: Rudi666 http://www.poligazette.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-buyout-of-yahoo/comment-page-1/#comment-22243 Rudi666 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:19:02 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-buyout-of-yahoo/#comment-22243 This is the MS buissines  model. The original MSDOS wasn't an internal creation, they bought/stole it from somebody else. The Apple GUI OS also was copied by MS and packaged as their version. This is the MS buissines  model. The original MSDOS wasn’t an internal creation, they bought/stole it from somebody else. The Apple GUI OS also was copied by MS and packaged as their version.

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