[Loser]

Originally posted by Ruatha:
Didn't they but DOS from another programmer/company in the beginning, and then reprogram it, not starting from scratch though?
But windows 1.0 was their original product wasn't it? The code I mean, if it was their ideas is up for discussion, let's not get into that!

Oh lets! XEROX PARC, 'nuf said, we're done.

Actually just about everything Microsoft has ever produced was bought from someone else. Even the Internet Explorer was and still is written by some slice of academia. Once they got enough leverage to buy other people's good work and, importantly, improve on it they were golden and near unstoppable.

The only thing I can think of that they did all on their own was Microsoft BOB, and anyone who remembers that knows why everyone else doesn't.

I may not have any love for Microsoft, but I do have to say that they are good at what they do.