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From: randys@hpcvra.CV.HP.COM (Randy Stockberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS is fast? (Was Re: Why unix doesn't catch on)
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Date: 11 May 89 22:14:13 GMT
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Timothy L. Kay writes:

> That's just it.  In my (uninformed) opinion, Microsoft doesn't have
> any *architects*.  According to the introduction to _Inside OS/2_,
> this guy Letwin (the author of the book and "architect" of OS/2) is
> somebody Bill Gates met at a hacker conference and hired immediately.
> I doubt that he has any formal OS experience.  It is all just a hack.
----------

This is uninformed BULL SHIT. J. Gordon Letwin wrote HDOS in the late
70's.  This operating system was a big factor in putting Zenith into
the computer business.  It has features in its first release that didn't
make it into MS-DOS until release 2.0 (Installable device drivers, etc)
Gordon Letwin knows more about operating systems than 90% of the college
profs.  Mr. Kay's opinion is indeed uninformed (as is Mr. Kay.)


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Randy Stockberger
randys@cv.hp.com