From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Djh2-0002cE-00 for ; Fri, 31 May 2002 06:31:36 -0400 Received: (qmail 25154 invoked by uid 0); 31 May 2002 10:31:02 -0000 Received: from dhcp250-10-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.10.250) by mail.gmx.net (mp015-rz3) with SMTP; 31 May 2002 10:31:02 -0000 Message-ID: <001901c2088e$230fa000$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: <000601c207ab$072f5620$f967e9d5@microsoft.com> <007201c20828$f0057a00$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> <01f701c20857$3dc5b7e0$2d67e9d5@microsoft.com> Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 06:30:07 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: wasn't unix even before msdos? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Octavian Rasnita" To: Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:31 PM Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux > Of course you're right. > Unix was before Windows. > > Teddy, > orasnita@home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cecil H. Whitley" > To: > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:25 AM > Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux > > > > > > Hi, > > Both SAS and SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) were born > on > > mainframes. The windows versions are simply ports. The historical > > spreadsheet program of course is 1.2.3 and/or twin. As for database > > programs it's d-base. Remember word star? If my memory serves me > correct, > > these were born under cp/m? > > > > Cecil > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >