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Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST

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On 2/6/23 1:18 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2023-02-06, 26C.Z968 <26C.Z968@noaada.net> wrote:
> 
>>     Now there WAS a time when MS was relatively benign.
>>     It was seen as a sort of industry hero. Most all was
>>     free or almost free. That changed when the Macs
>>     became really popular. MS became *evil*.
> 
> I think it happened earlier than that.  I was finding
> and working around bugs and design flaws in MS-DOS
> before the Mac came out.  But I agree that in the CP/M
> days Microsoft was a relatively decent company that
> then turned evil.


   Originally the OS and some fairly decent tools
   were "affordable" and they weren't all obsessed
   about people "stealing" them. But that DID change -
   not all at once, but progressively. Gates began
   to acquire an 'empire' and that DOES change yer
   thinking (almost always for the worse).

> 
>>     Gates was/is a superior programmer -
> 
> We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.  He was/is
> a mediocre programmer who built his reputation on tricks
> that would get a programmer fired in a Real-World environment.
> At least until he got his hooks into the industry, because...

   Well, what you might call "tricks" I might call "brilliant"  :-)

   I've done enough embedded to appreciate the art of cramming
   a lot of function into a teenie-tiny space using every possible
   hardware/software quirk. That's kinda the universe of young
   Gates - 8008's or less such with pitiful specs.

   And a lot of those "tricks" live on - and not just in MS
   systems.

   Search around a bit and you CAN find ads from people selling
   "advanced office computer workstations" based on the 8080 ...
   they used up a rather large ugly office desk. You could
   splurge (impress your rivals !) by buying the DUAL 8"
   FLOPPY UNIT and a whopping 32kb of RAM  :-) I think most
   were S-100 units.

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Intel_8080_Advertisement_May_1974.jpg

or the IMSAI 8080

or try http://bluefaqs.com/2009/09/35-vintage-tech-ads/

>>     unfortunately he also became a very savvy,
>>     sociopathic, BIZ GUY .......
> 
> ...to the point where the board had to ease him out of the
> top slot because he was becoming an embarrassment to the
> company.

   That MAY have been the reason. However I doubt it because
   The Company has become much more evil since Gates kinda
   left the picture. Win-11 is pure BigBrotherWare. I cringe
   every time I need to set up some new hire with it so they
   can have their precious Word and Excel LIKE EVERY NORMAL
   BIZ PERSON USES .........

   Aaaaauuuggghhhh !

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ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noaada.net> - 2023-02-05 22:01 -0500
  Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2023-02-06 03:42 +0000
    Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noaada.net> - 2023-02-06 00:31 -0500
      Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-02-06 18:18 +0000
        Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noaada.net> - 2023-02-06 23:33 -0500
          Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-02-07 05:50 +0000
            Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noaada.net> - 2023-02-09 21:22 -0500
              Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-02-10 18:59 +0000
                Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-10 19:17 +0000
                Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noaada.net> - 2023-02-11 03:21 -0500
                Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-02-11 18:07 +0000
                Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "24B.R869" <26B.R869@noaaada.net> - 2023-02-11 23:08 -0500
  Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-02-06 04:34 +0000
    Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noaada.net> - 2023-02-06 00:52 -0500
      Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-02-06 18:17 +0000
        Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noaada.net> - 2023-02-08 03:02 -0500
  Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@gmail.com> - 2023-02-06 17:38 -0500
    Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noaada.net> - 2023-02-06 23:54 -0500
      Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-02-07 13:59 +0000
        Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noaada.net> - 2023-02-08 01:49 -0500
          Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-02-08 19:15 +0000
  Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2023-02-08 11:39 +0000
    Re: ChatGPT *Can Write Code* ... And MS $$$ Will Push It Further FAST not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-02-09 04:49 +1000
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