It doesn't wear out - it was in that state when new!
Paul
In message <20010108.220130.7551.0.WC6W@juno.com>, Radio WC6W
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>On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:45:49 -0600 "Randall D. DuCharme"
><randyd@specent.com> writes:
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>>Radio WC6W wrote:
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>>> Bill dropped out of school to co-author a Basic interpreter for the
>>> Altair system in... 1975 or thereabouts.
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>>This is true, but I'm forced to wonder... had he finished school,
>>would Windows be something different than it is today? :-)
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> Well... that concept he appropriated from Apple which had previously
>borrowed it from Xerox PARC.
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> The great invention of Microsoft is something once thought to be
>impossible. They have managed to design software that "wears out", thus
>forcing the user to repair or preferably replace it. And, as no-one here
>can hear my inflection, I do not intend to be the least bit facetious in
>this statement.
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>An error has occurred in your program -- Ignore, Close,
> Marv WC6W
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