Some confirmation:
I have a "Microsoft" C compiler from 1983. In the accompanying
documentation I read:
"Lattice, a Chicago-based developer of portable software products,
originally developed the C compiler for its own use on a minicomputer.
When Lifeboat Associates offered to finance the development of an 8086
version in exchange for marketing rights, the compiler was converted
to produce 8086 code and run under Microsoft's MS-DOS operating
system. The high quality of the generated code and the fact that the
compiler was designed to work with Microsoft's LINK program made the
Lattice complier an ideal choice for Microsoft's own product line."
Copyright is:
Lattice, inc./ Lifeboat Associates 1982
Microsoft Corporation 1983
CAS
p.s. We know about DOS; does anyone know who actually wrote LINK? :)
On 29/01/07, Chris Dennis <cgdennis@???> wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
> > This popped up on another LUG list, and I found it amusing.
> >
> > http://www.mcmillan.cx/innovation.html
> >
> > "A few years ago, a friend sent me an email that attacked Microsoft's
> > oft-repeated innovation claim. The email listed a number of Microsoft
> > products and where they are supposed to originate. Although I knew some
> > of the history of products like Windows or DOS, I was surprised at the
> > number of products the email suggested originated elsewhere. The idea
> > stuck in my mind, but since the email didn't give any evidence I didn't
> > know whether to trust it. So I started noting down sources that backed
> > up the claims in the email. Here they are..."
> >
>
> So Mr Gates is better at doing business than at writing code. No
> surprise there then.
>
> cheers
>
> Chris
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