The halloween document...

[cdoerbec at cso.fmr.com (Christoph Doerbeck A242369)]

Richard Royston wrote:
> 
> I believe that PC's were the first computers for which open source (or 
> whatever you choose to call it) was not generally and widely available from 
> the beginning. Microsoft and its hangers-on have used the extension of 
> computer use to non-traditional computer users to gradually force out much of
>  

I don't know if this is really true.  I can't name a single colleague that
paid for PC software during the 80's.  Pirating software was like a hobby
(mush like collecting trading cards).  Had software for PC's been better
protected, I doubt PC's would've become as popular that quickly.

There's logic in my statement somewhere...

- Christoph


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