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Re: OS/2..Win 95 -- Some actual facts that will affect *gaming*

#1945
From: deh... Dan Ehrig
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 00:00
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James A. Dahl (da...@aero.und.nodak.edu) wrote:
: Dan Ehrig (deh...@capella.unm.edu) wrote:


: : Again, an unsupported statement.  Can you name another case involving 
								^^^^^^^^^
: : another company?  What?  No?  Why am I not surprised, knowing full well 
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


: Are you serious?  Dan must be new to the computer industry.  Well, I'll
: do my duty and name another: Stac.  MS stole Stac's code to make DoubleSpace
: leading to the DOS 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 debacle in which MS had to ditch 
: DoubleSpace for their clean room DriveSpace.


Look at the parts I have underlined.  I wasn't questioning whether or not 
MS steals code.  In fact, I was the first to mention the Quicktime case, 
and I'm well aware of MS's other trangressions.  I was asking the other 
twit to name another company which has done so.  Apparently you don't 
know which side of this debate I'm on.


-Dan

--
My inner child is a mean little fucker.
http://www.unm.edu/~dehrig/dan3.html
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From: deh...@auriga.unm.edu (Dan Ehrig)
Subject: Re: OS/2..Win 95 -- Some actual facts that will affect *gaming*
Date: 1995/06/30
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