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<DIV>Gary Kildall wrote his own OS, and a bit later another chap - Bill Gates - wrote one as well. Can't be too hard to do.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>>>> Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen@gmail.com> 7/06/2010 2:59 PM >>><BR>I recall a chap I met at Google HQ a couple of years ago with a laptop and a long beard. When somebody from our group walked up to him and asked "what are you running" .. he replied "I didn't like any operating system, so I wrote my own" .. crikey<BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote><BR>Here is some info about a Google note to their employees: 'Mac or Linux, but no more Windows'. An interesting move to tighten security following recent developments. <BR><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2eps2hx%20%0A" target=_blank>http://tinyurl.com/2eps2hx </A><BR><FONT color=#888888><BR></FONT>We are now moving to virtualise windows within virtual box.<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>Regards Roland<BR><BR>-- <BR>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<BR><A href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au" target=_blank>http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</A><BR><BR>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>