[Am-info] Re: Election2000/Nader/Microsoft

Dan Strychalski dski@ms17.hinet.net
Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:12:00 +0800 (CST)


Glenn T. Livezey, Ph.D. (glivezey@mail.ahc.umn.edu) wrote --

> Gotta save that bandwidth for the history of the [TAB] key and whether

It's the Ctrl key and the alphabetic Ctrl-key combinations. These
keystrokes are a particularly beneficial resource of all serious
microcomputer systems. An entire industry studiously avoiding their
use for ten years, until such use can benefit only one company, is
relevant in a discussion of that company.

> MS ever claimed to have invented ASCII.

They wouldn't make such a claim. Their intention is to do away with
ASCII.

Dan Strychalski