the_lyniezian
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Since I've done one about Sinclair, I'll do another one concerning another of my favourite retro computer companies...
No ideas yet.
No ideas yet.
Another computery challenge: Make Acorn survive past '98...
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the_lyniezian
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Except by limiting the power of Microsoft somehow. Maybe they could file a successful lawsuit against MS for nicking the icon/taskbar feature for Win95, David vs. Goliath style...
the_lyniezian
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Though a more successful lawsuit might be the 1980s one where Apple sued Microsoft for creating Windows, when they first marketed the GUI (though then again maybe not, since the idea was first developed by Xerox-not sure how that affected it will have to do more research.)
Basically with Windows out of the way, we might have more scope for proprietry formats- but then, bang goes RISCOS too, given the legal precedent resulting from the above...
Basically with Windows out of the way, we might have more scope for proprietry formats- but then, bang goes RISCOS too, given the legal precedent resulting from the above...
the_lyniezian
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Maybe, but the only RM machine I ever had was running Windows, already pretty much the industry standard by the time Acorn was on it's last legs. I don't know if RM was running Windows that far back, as my machine was obtained in 2003. If it was, we could have schools convinced that RISCOS was a better OS for learning on than Windows (i the case of younger children, not necessarily for secondary-school kids as they need to be prepared for the sort o OSes they're likely to face in a work situation which is essentially Windows and occasionally Mac OS), which is quite feasible.
Of course, if Windows 95 was differently designed, making it as awkward to use as Win3.x, it might work even better...
the_lyniezian
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Also, if one was to drum up demand for video-on-demand services, the Online Media wing might take off...