23 Apr
2002
23 Apr
'02
9:54 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Yes, he did.
Also, Gordon Letwin (author of OS/2 at Microsoft) compared mode
switching of the 286 to having to shut off your engine to change gears
on the freeway.
Interesting you bring up Gordon Letwin...I picked up a copy of his book
_Inside OS/2_ last Friday at the annual library book sale. I haven't
started to read it yet, so I hope it was worth the $1 it cost me.
-Toth
such as when Bill Gates said, "The 80286 is
brain-dead." ?
Did he really say that? I can't imagine what he'd have meant. Perhaps he was
mad at the Intel folks.