On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
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.
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.