[rescue] fwd: Linux Foundation Prepares For Microsoft's Legal Action

[Phil Stracchino]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> The original GEM tested on the Atari was better than the version that
> was ultimately released, and better than the DOS version.
> 
> It had some advantages over Apple's OS too.
> 
> However, Apple threatened to sue Atari, and Tramiels ordered GEM
> stripped bare.
> 
> It would take years before third parties put all the missing pieces back
> in, by which time it was too late.
> 
> The irony is that the Atari was faster than the Mac, and would even run
> Mac software faster than a Mac would.

Irony?  That was probably half the *problem*.


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