Re:Microsoft reveals its server designs and releases open so...
by raving-richard on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @01:29PM
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Yes. Software company works to commoditize hardware, news at 11. (This has been MS's strategy since MS DOS days, as outlined in Spolsky's piece.)
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Re:Microsoft reveals its server designs and releases open so...
by rbanffy on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @02:29PM
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Actually, it can be traced back to the Microsoft SoftCard. They made compilers and interpreters for CP/M, but they'd have to port them to run on Apple II's, which would be an enormous undertaking. Instead, they sold a Z-80 coprocessor for Apple II computers that allowed Apple IIs to run CP/M and, therefore, to run Microsoft software.
They tried that too with MSX, which made the front-page a couple days back.