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   Some of you mentioned still exist and/or did not quietly die.  Those =
that did faded because people stopped buying them.

   I never heard of Ms Work.

   Multiplan was superceded by Excel and you could argue Works.

   MS Net evolved into LAN Manager and Windows.

   I believe XENIX was sold to SCO.

   BASIC obviously continued in many forms evolving from BASICA to =
QuickBASIC and BASIC Professional Development System to Visual Basic.

   MASM still exists both the rewrite from many years ago and versions =
of the original though no one wants to touch the original.

   The linker was also a rewrite though not the same as the new linker =
is for generating 32 and 64 bit executables while the old one was for 16 =
bit with extensions for 32-bit VxDs and 32-bit OS/2.  Last I looked IBM =
was using something that looked like a derivative of the old Microsoft =
linker.

Rich

  "Frank Haber"  wrote in message =
news:3e443812$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Hey, Mr. Miller...

  Since you're spamming even this NT group with those bombs, could I =
have some
  fun, too?  Let's collect all the never-happened and quietly-died MS =
products
  we can remember.  Off the top of my head:

  Ms Work: (not Works).  Suite-to-be.  Never happened, to my knowledge.

  MS Access, the comm program.  Not bad; insanely complicated.  Name
  resurrected for the database, since MS has only a limited number of
  "blanket-generic, but warm-fuzzy and vaguely powerful" nouns in its =
name
  bank.

  Multiplan: Quite competitive for its era.  Was this actually written =
in
  house?  Fully?  Preserve it in amber!

  MS Network, with IBM.  Did they support the enterprise part-analog =
broadband
  variant?

  MS/SCO Xenix

  The original standalone BASIC, a sort-of-opsys.

  All the classic languages, for several platforms.  Fortran, COBOL, =
Pascal,
  BASIC, Assembler/linker, etc.

  Ditto for CP/M.

  All the MS Home line - never kept track of these

  All the old games -   ditto


  Others?  Warning: set your grey matter to a 1999 date before trying to
  remember.






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   Some of
you mentioned =
still exist=20
and/or did not quietly die.  Those that did faded because people =
stopped=20
buying them.
 
   I never
heard of Ms =
Work.
 
   Multiplan
was superceded =
by Excel and=20
you could argue Works.
 
   MS Net
evolved into LAN =
Manager and=20
Windows.
 
   I believe
XENIX was sold =
to=20
SCO.
 
   BASIC
obviously continued =
in many=20
forms evolving from BASICA to QuickBASIC and BASIC Professional = Development=20
System to Visual Basic.
 
   MASM
still exists both the =
rewrite=20
from many years ago and versions of the original though no one wants to = touch=20
the original.
 
   The
linker was also a =
rewrite though=20
not the same as the new linker is for generating 32 and 64 bit = executables while=20
the old one was for 16 bit with extensions for 32-bit VxDs and 32-bit=20
OS/2.  Last I looked IBM was using something that looked like a =
derivative=20
of the old Microsoft linker.
 
Rich
 

  "Frank Haber" <frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com>">mailto:frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com">frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com>
=
wrote in=20
  message news:3e443812$1{at}w3.nls.net...Hey,=20
  Mr. Miller...Since you're spamming even this NT group with =
those=20
  bombs, could I have somefun, too?  Let's collect all the=20
  never-happened and quietly-died MS productswe can remember.  =
Off the=20
  top of my head:Ms Work: (not Works). 
Suite-to-be.  =
Never=20
  happened, to my knowledge.MS Access, the comm
program.  =
Not bad;=20
  insanely complicated.  Nameresurrected for the database, =
since MS has=20
  only a limited number of"blanket-generic, but warm-fuzzy and =
vaguely=20
  powerful" nouns in its
namebank.Multiplan: Quite =
competitive for=20
  its era.  Was this actually written inhouse?  =
Fully? =20
  Preserve it in amber!MS Network, with IBM.  Did they =
support the=20
  enterprise part-analog broadbandvariant?MS/SCO =
XenixThe=20
  original standalone BASIC, a sort-of-opsys.All the classic =
languages,=20
  for several platforms.  Fortran, COBOL, Pascal,BASIC,=20
  Assembler/linker, etc.Ditto for
CP/M.All the MS Home =
line -=20
  never kept track of theseAll the old games
-  =20
  dittoOthers?  Warning: set your
grey matter to a 1999 =
date=20
  before trying =
toremember.

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