Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11

On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:58:52 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:


> All Apple is doing is following Microsoft's lead, especially when it
> comes to software subscriptions.
> I find it ironic that these huge, right-wing companies are working to
> achieve Karl Marx's fondest dream:
> the elimination of private property.  (We could quibble about these
> companies being private themselves,
> or just acknowledge that they're more part of the government than
> private citizens.)

I read an article recently where iTunes is still around although they try 
to push you to an Apple Music subscription. Years ago my boss handed out 
iPod Shuffles at Christmas. To load my existing music I had to install the 
Windows iTunes app. What a pile of dog vomit. 

>>    Long long back, Bill Gates/M$ were sort of HEROES.
> 
> Gates was never a hero in my eyes.  Remember him whining after a
> computer club spread his BASIC interpreter around?  Or whining nearly
> every week when the DOJ foiled his various attempts at creating a
> monopoly?  He's nothing more than a mediocre programmer (see below) who
> had the gift of the gab.

One of my disappointments was CP/M-86 losing out. But then, the 8088 was 
another low point. The M$ C compiler was okay but iitc they bought it from 
Lattice. I think Allen was the brains and Gates the sales schlock.