1727. Submitted on 2006/8/9, 0.48 h by :
Warning: illegal confidential Apple information
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Anti-blog beleid is zoo typisch...
Anti-blog beleid is zoo typisch...
ghehe geweldig.
En zes jaar later maakte MS naam met de eerste voor Intel-computers functionele GUI Windows 3. Elf jaar na 1984 maakte de gemiddelde thuisgebruiker voor het eerst kennis met GUI dankzij Windows 95.
Niet dankzij Apple. Apple stond toen aan de rand van de afgrond met de Performa-lijn en het Copland-systeem dat steeds maar werd uitgesteld (en uiteindelijk afgesteld). Een soort Vista-situatie maar dan tien jaar geleden.
1. Arduenn commented on 2006/8/9, 8.53 h:
In 1984 moesten de developers bij Microsoft ook heel erg hun bek houden over de Macintosh.
January 24, Microsoft takes a leading role in developing software for the Apple Macintosh computer. The company ships Microsoft BASIC and Microsoft Multiplan simultaneously with the introduction of the Macintosh. Microsoft also announces that Word, Chart, and File will ship soon.
Microsoft's original software development work for Macintosh was code-named "SAND" for "Steve's Amazing New Device".
Bill Gates attended the introduction of the Apple Macintosh computer on January 20, 1984, and appeared in the original Macintosh brochure standing alongside Mitch Kapor of Lotus and Fred Gibbons of Software Publishing.
SAND was a fitting tribute to Apple's Steve Jobs, who oversaw the Macintosh project. Excited by the possibilities of a commercially viable machine with a graphical user interface, Microsoft made an early and major commitment to Macintosh development and has consistently been among the most successful of all software companies in development for the Macintosh marketplace. The company shipped two products -BASIC and Multiplan- on the same day the Macintosh was introduced, followed closely by Word, Chart, and File.