I went straight from Univac 1108 EXEC to DOS to OS/2 to Linux. Never used Windoze or MacOS of any vintage (except for writing an FTP server in Lisp on a Mac 2-CI). One of the cool OS/2 features was that it ran Windoze 3.11 apps faster than Windoze on the same hardware because it had a 32-bit graphics engine. IBM and Microsoft briefly conspired. Windoze NT was the result, based on the OS/2 1.4 Kernel, which remained as the kernel for Windoze for many years (maybe even now?). OS/2 faded away after Warp 5. Shortly after Windoze NT came out, a computer rag columnist (Spencer Katt?) remarked "Using Windows NT is like having a child help you."
Sorry, I don't have any Univac or OS/2 or Linux haiku.
Van: A tidbit that almost no one knows is that Bill Gates and Microsoft were BIG fans of the Apple Mac OS — so much so that they created two what originally were MAC ONLY products that you might have heard about: Word and Excel...
When my son worked for a small computer game company about twenty years ago he visited Microsoft. He noticed a cubicle farm filled with drones pounding away on MacIntoshes. He expressed surprise. His guide told him "Mr Gates loves the Macintosh! He's made far more money selling Word for Mac than Word for Windows!"
That's hilarious! Is anything more frustrating than a misbehaving computer? Macs aren't perfect. I had a big fight with mine yesterday and I didn't win. Why doesn't the tab key work in Pages when I splice in a rewritten section of manuscript?
SM: No one said Macs are perfect — just better than the alternative...Thank you for the Haikus! BTW, in the rare cases that Pages misbehaves, I found that quitting it and then resuming almost always fixes the issue...
I went straight from Univac 1108 EXEC to DOS to OS/2 to Linux. Never used Windoze or MacOS of any vintage (except for writing an FTP server in Lisp on a Mac 2-CI). One of the cool OS/2 features was that it ran Windoze 3.11 apps faster than Windoze on the same hardware because it had a 32-bit graphics engine. IBM and Microsoft briefly conspired. Windoze NT was the result, based on the OS/2 1.4 Kernel, which remained as the kernel for Windoze for many years (maybe even now?). OS/2 faded away after Warp 5. Shortly after Windoze NT came out, a computer rag columnist (Spencer Katt?) remarked "Using Windows NT is like having a child help you."
Sorry, I don't have any Univac or OS/2 or Linux haiku.
Van: A tidbit that almost no one knows is that Bill Gates and Microsoft were BIG fans of the Apple Mac OS — so much so that they created two what originally were MAC ONLY products that you might have heard about: Word and Excel...
When my son worked for a small computer game company about twenty years ago he visited Microsoft. He noticed a cubicle farm filled with drones pounding away on MacIntoshes. He expressed surprise. His guide told him "Mr Gates loves the Macintosh! He's made far more money selling Word for Mac than Word for Windows!"
Van: I think you meant "loves" but yes, what your son hear makes sense.
Love a mid day laugh. Thanks.
Marty: Glad I could provide some levity...
That's hilarious! Is anything more frustrating than a misbehaving computer? Macs aren't perfect. I had a big fight with mine yesterday and I didn't win. Why doesn't the tab key work in Pages when I splice in a rewritten section of manuscript?
Did you hear my scream
just after lunch
when all should be peaceful?
You can never drown
in the same river twice
time changes everything
SM: No one said Macs are perfect — just better than the alternative...Thank you for the Haikus! BTW, in the rare cases that Pages misbehaves, I found that quitting it and then resuming almost always fixes the issue...
FORTH ( the most minimal language , upon which CoSy.com is built ) Haikus
https://forthsalon.appspot.com/haiku-about
My favorite was Webpage 6. My screams died alone in silence.
Stephen: I can relate!
Hilarious, and prescient!
Kimball: Glad you appreciate the intended humor...