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  • gad5264
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    • Aug 2005
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    #1

    Would you have invested?

    Microsoft Corporation in 1978

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    Grant
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  • Tom Miller
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    • Mar 2003
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    #2
    Sure, but only if they get rid of the guy in the front left. What a dork!

    After all, I'm not going to throw my money away.

    Regards,
    Tom

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    • LinuxRandal
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      • Feb 2005
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      • Independence, MO, USA.
      • bt3100

      #3
      In 78, they had the software to make writing your own programs MUCH easier. They were CROSS PLATFORM and DIDN'T sell an OS.


      Not quite where The Gnu foundation is, but in 78 a good start, and yes I would have invested, probably to sell around the time 95 came out.
      She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.

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      • bfrikken
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2005
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        • Michigan, USA.
        • BT-3100

        #4
        If anyone is interested in any details:

        http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/photos/microsoft.html

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        • crokett
          The Full Monte
          • Jan 2003
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          • Mebane, NC, USA.
          • Ryobi BT3000

          #5
          Confirmed true on snopes:
          http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/microsoft.asp

          Interesting read BTW.
          David

          The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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          • onedash
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            • Mar 2005
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            #6
            Thats what I love about time travel and alternate universe type movies.
            Could you imagine if they never sat around getting doing acid or whatever it was they did to come up with these crazy idea's? I bet we wouldnt be getting tools very cheap since computers are used to manufacture everything. Plus everything else we have these days.
            YOU DONT HAVE TO TRAIN TO BE MISERABLE. YOU HAVE TO TRAIN TO ENDURE MISERY.

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            • LinuxRandal
              Veteran Member
              • Feb 2005
              • 4890
              • Independence, MO, USA.
              • bt3100

              #7
              Originally posted by onedash
              Thats what I love about time travel and alternate universe type movies.
              Could you imagine if they never sat around getting doing acid or whatever it was they did to come up with these crazy idea's? I bet we wouldnt be getting tools very cheap since computers are used to manufacture everything. Plus everything else we have these days.
              Tripping on what?

              These guys helped make programing languages available on pc's, which previously you had to do with switches.
              She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.

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              • Jeffrey Schronce
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                • Nov 2005
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                #8
                Wow. I would have laid good odds that this was fake. The look is so over the top. It makes the Manson Family look normal.
                The way the heads blend into the necks is very bizzare on them as well. Check out the dude in the rear left. What?
                And holy smoke the lady sitting next to Bill . . . her head looks like it was floating.

                Or maybe it was all the acid I ate this afternoon! Now to create a billion dollar company . . . .

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                • MilDoc

                  #9
                  Actually, I did invest. Immediately after Windows 3.0 came out. I loved it and figured MS would have the market sewn up.

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