Chris Adams just started a new blog! IIS fans may know Chris from the Webcast series he does for us on TechNet. These are a great way to learn about IIS - Chris works directly with the product team on customer and supportability issues and knows what questions to ask. He usually brings someone from the product...
Tim Heron points out that Atari BASIC wasn't Microsoft. My recollection was that MS BASIC was on the majority of machines but this link points out why Atari didn't use Microsoft in the end. It was interesting to read that MS BASIC was based on DEC BASIC while Atari BASIC was built to emulate the Data General version. I grew up on the DEC-style 'cause that's what we used...
Apparently, this has been around for a few years. I just noticed it when SecuritySpace reported that 92 websites migrated from a Microsoft OS to the Atari web server. Of course, someone should tell them that Microsoft BASIC still counts as a Microsoft OS.
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May 04 2004, 07:42 PM
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