So Bill Gates is part-owner of Signature?

[Ghery]

Wow! There are a lot of old farts hanging out at POA.

Who are you calling "old"?

And, yes, I've been using computers since 1969 when I was in high school.

 

[mcdewey]

What?!?!? I had no idea! When did this happen?

One day at a time.

 

[Bob Noel]

Change for change sake isn't exactly admirable.

Look at the dilbert for 11 Jan 2021 (https://dilbert.com/)

 

[denverpilot]

Recent news seems to indicate he’s also buying up large amounts of farmland.

He must feel real estate with very specific uses is going to have a high ROI.

 

[Morgan3820]

Hate computers.

 

[Kenny Phillips]

I'm surprised that Gates would do this. Apple doesn't have a competing product he can copy.

Yeah, I remember when Apple sued Microsoft about Windows, when Apple's interface was a freebie from Xerox PARC anyway.
I use no iDevices or iSoftware, having made my living writing code for IBMs, Dec Alphas, and Windows boxes (all talking to each other.)

 

[Palmpilot]

Yeah, I remember when Apple sued Microsoft about Windows, when Apple's interface was a freebie from Xerox PARC anyway.
I use no iDevices or iSoftware, having made my living writing code for IBMs, Dec Alphas, and Windows boxes (all talking to each other.)

I think I recall Gates pointing out that they both stole the GUI idea from Xerox PARC.

 

[frfly172]

not really being a techie or being a rich businessman I could care less.

 

[X3 Skier]

My first computer experience was “programming” an analog computer with plug in resistors and capacitors to solve vibration and control problems.

Cheers

 

[Half Fast]

My first computer experience was “programming” an analog computer with plug in resistors and capacitors to solve vibration and control problems.

Cheers

This was my first computer programming experience:
https://www.oldcomputermuseum.com/logix_kosmos.html

I actually learned quite a bit about logic and programming from that little thing.

 

[Southpaw]

ooh ooh - can we drift this thread into a back/forth rant-fest over MS-DOS vs Apple (only us old guys actually lived through it....)

I went with RS Trish DOS. Model 3 double disk drive . Sure beat the friends tape deck Model 3.
Another friend did all the programing for me. Lots of shareware that worked .Life was good back then . Then came the hell of MS-DOS.

 

[Bob Noel]

I went with RS Trish DOS. Model 3 double disk drive . Sure beat the friends tape deck Model 3.

beats the Model 1 I had...