[Am-info] query about MS "Innovations"

[John J. Urbaniak]

John Poltorak wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 03:22:50PM -0500, Felmon Davis wrote:
>
> > > Do a Google search on 'IBM OLE PATENT'.
>
> > so OLE isn't MS's innovation.
>
> The interesting thing out of all this is that Microsoft has managed to
> grab people's mindshare, so that even when don't invent something the are
> actually credited with it.

So if IBM owned the OLE patents, and who knows what other patents they have,
this makes Gerstner's surrender even more difficult to understand.  Either he
was a coward of the lowest order, or he got something in return for that
surrender.

>
>
> I would not be suprised if 90% of computer users believed Microsoft
> invented the Internet.
>

I would not be surprised if 90% of computer users believed Microsoft invented
PCs.  This lack of information is a monumental failing of the computer Press.

John