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I was wondering who came first - Microsoft or Apple, Bill Gates or the founder of Apple/Mac? I can't find anything on the web about this. I'm guessing Mac came out way before any of MS's OSs did,`cos I think I've heard of Macintosh and Apple in the early or mid 70s.
I've never heard of Windows or Microsoft or anything by them until 1999,`cos no one ever told me about the internet or home computers until that year. I did see on the web that Bill Gates started his first operating system as MSDOS back in the late 70s, (1978) but that was all I could find about him and MS, and so far nothing about Apple/Mac.
Here's a funny thing - the pastor that use to preach at our church (who now lives in another state) was lecturing in 1996 or 1997 about the "Super Information Highway". I know now what he was referring to - the internet. Well here I was, sitting in the chapel and having no clue as to what he was even talking about.
All I could figure out was that he was saying that the government was remodeling all the interstates and highways with new and better signs to help us all know better than ever where we are at and how to get to wherever while we're traveling. lol Yeah, I was an extreme late bloomer when it came to home computers and the internet.
I guess I should've titled this the "Worm or the Apple"? lol
Well anyway, I was wondering who came first, or if there are any links that will tell the complete story in detail. Thanks!
I've never heard of Windows or Microsoft or anything by them until 1999,`cos no one ever told me about the internet or home computers until that year. I did see on the web that Bill Gates started his first operating system as MSDOS back in the late 70s, (1978) but that was all I could find about him and MS, and so far nothing about Apple/Mac.
Here's a funny thing - the pastor that use to preach at our church (who now lives in another state) was lecturing in 1996 or 1997 about the "Super Information Highway". I know now what he was referring to - the internet. Well here I was, sitting in the chapel and having no clue as to what he was even talking about.
All I could figure out was that he was saying that the government was remodeling all the interstates and highways with new and better signs to help us all know better than ever where we are at and how to get to wherever while we're traveling. lol Yeah, I was an extreme late bloomer when it came to home computers and the internet.
I guess I should've titled this the "Worm or the Apple"? lol
Well anyway, I was wondering who came first, or if there are any links that will tell the complete story in detail. Thanks!