Old Microsoft stuff... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Jun 1998

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  Hi.  Now, I don't want to start a flamewar, but
still, Microsoft HAS played
 an important part in personal computing, for better or for worse.  From 1986
 or so onwards, they were a industry dominator.
     Now, from what I understand, the origional MS logo was GREEN? Somebody
 have a picture? 
Yes it was green.  If I can find an example, I'll scan it for you.

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      Other than OS's and current Office
Applications (and, of course,
 Internet Explorer, which is a decent browser, and DOES have pleanty of
 innovation, if you're prepared to admit it.), what did MS make?  Anything
 for say... the Apple II?  PDP's?  UN*X boxes (once again, omitting current
 ports of IE 4.0)? 
Well, you're getting a copy of MULTIPLAN for the Apple ][.  Seems 
like there was a word processor for the A][ as well.

Don't forget Excel for the MAC.  Excel was on the Macintosh long 
before it became a standard on that 'other' windowing OS.  In fact, 
Excel is the only Microsoft product that actually *PREDATES* the 
operating system it runs on! 

No, MS Word dosen't count-- WinWord was a totally new product, 
bearing *no* resemblence to the original 'Word' for Mess-DOs.  Excel 
was a straight port (well, it *looks* that way, anyway).

If I look through some old issues of byte, I'm sure I'll find others 
. . .

Jeff