Microsoft WAS NOT the one who brought the PC ( Personal Computer ) into the Homes

In israel, perhaps it is thought different, because with the dawn of Win95, at that stage personal computers were made available to the general population. The Win3.11 was left of for geeks ( like me ), not talking about the MultiView, a PC-DOS & MS-DOS ( yes, there were two of them ;) ) which used the graphics card library to make use of the 10 “pages” it had so you could have several DOS windows “opened” on a DOS operating system ( if you can call it operating system that is )

Yehh.. these were the days when I bought my first IBM ( as opposed to Apple , not Intel ) PC. It was a 1MB RAM and 40MB HardDisk with 256 Colors (!) and it had a Pre-Version of the OS/2 Operating System ( BTW it was a PS/1 )

Why am I reminiscing over these thoughts ? that’s because I went to the O’Reilly web site and found this article, The Mac at 25: Andy Hertzfeld Looks Back, which showed me how old I am … yes yes , MY FIRST HOME COMPUTER WAS AN APPLE! , just like forest gump said “the fruit company” – I have 3 years experience on an “Apple II C” ;). But assure you, you won’t see it in my CV :D

But, as time told ( and one of my university teachers told me ) “being nice and smart” does not always make you a better company ( which has a better revenue ).

Everybody hated Microsoft, but now, after 25 years, we see what has Apple & Sun ( Unix / Linux example ) has to offer, and what Microsoft has to offer. Just like driving in Tel-Aviv “you have to push sometimes” ( as opposed to being nice ) in order to reach your goals.