Posted on 05/31/2006 7:19:40 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
They were the first to produce PCs But not "desktops", as I specifically mentioned. It was a new paradigm, time for you to admit it. And we know Compaq reverse engineered Bios with a clean room, while all the Unix cloners over in Europe were using Unix documentation. You obviously love counterfeiters for some strange reason.
The understanding is out there, just beyond your grasp. It was a new paradigm, just like open source is a new paradigm. It was not about the technology, it was about how the new paradigm changed the market, leaving some (like Apple) behind, and making others (like Compaq) rich.
And we know Compaq reverse engineered Bios with a clean room, while all the Unix cloners over in Europe were using Unix documentation.
The IBM PC BIOS was proprietary, so direct copying was infringement. Being UNIX-like is a published standard (POSIX, IEEE 1003). Big difference. Microsoft even implemented POSIX for Windows.
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