Off Topic Question - Operating System Name

[Guest dc]

This been driving me crazy. Anyone know the name of the OS that was written

by a guy in California that works in the Office section of Microsoft. His

name is Jim something. The OS was written as a joke and later used to check

code. Steve Jobs found a mole and had OS VII computer converted to this OS

and deposited the CD in a trash can near the mole's desk , marked it as OS X

beta. It was said that it was carried to Gates and he had the Vista team use

some of the code, and purportedly the reason for some of the additional time

to release.

 

I'm trying to find the article, but haven't had any luck so far.

 

Sorry for the OT.

 

dc

[Guest Mark Blain]

Re: Off Topic Question - Operating System Name

 

"dc" <short@will.now> wrote in

news:47211bce$0$14858$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net:

> This been driving me crazy. Anyone know the name of the OS that was

> written by a guy in California that works in the Office section of

> Microsoft. His name is Jim something. The OS was written as a joke and

> later used to check code. Steve Jobs found a mole and had OS VII

> computer converted to this OS and deposited the CD in a trash can near

> the mole's desk , marked it as OS X beta. It was said that it was

> carried to Gates and he had the Vista team use some of the code, and

> purportedly the reason for some of the additional time to release.

>

> I'm trying to find the article, but haven't had any luck so far.

>

> Sorry for the OT.

>

> dc

 

Hmm... <news:alt.folklore.computers> is a good place to ask about

OS development history, but your topic's pretty recent.

 

Instead, I did a search for "jobs fake vista development

corporate-espionage". This sounds like B.S. to me.

<http://clintonforbes.blogspot.com/2007/03/microsoft-insider-15-of-windows-vista.html>

[Guest dc]

Re: Off Topic Question - Operating System Name

 

Thank you very much

 

dc

 

 

"Mark Blain" <mblain2@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:Xns99D5B6E221F66mblainalbany@207.46.248.16...

> "dc" <short@will.now> wrote in

> news:47211bce$0$14858$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net:

>

> > This been driving me crazy. Anyone know the name of the OS that was

> > written by a guy in California that works in the Office section of

> > Microsoft. His name is Jim something. The OS was written as a joke and

> > later used to check code. Steve Jobs found a mole and had OS VII

> > computer converted to this OS and deposited the CD in a trash can near

> > the mole's desk , marked it as OS X beta. It was said that it was

> > carried to Gates and he had the Vista team use some of the code, and

> > purportedly the reason for some of the additional time to release.

> >

> > I'm trying to find the article, but haven't had any luck so far.

> >

> > Sorry for the OT.

> >

> > dc

>

> Hmm... <news:alt.folklore.computers> is a good place to ask about

> OS development history, but your topic's pretty recent.

>

> Instead, I did a search for "jobs fake vista development

> corporate-espionage". This sounds like B.S. to me.

>

<http://clintonforbes.blogspot.com/2007/03/microsoft-insider-15-of-windows-v

ista.html>