OSDir: Project of the Week: Quanta+

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 21, 2005

“OSDir.com: How’d this get started?

“Eric Laffoon: I came from the camp of people
who didn’t like Microsoft, and I think with good reason. I started
working with computers pre microprocessor, as in TTL chips and
Fortran in the late 1970s. I had worked with DOS and windows based
PCs since the AT clones and in the 1990s I became totally fed up
with the total lack of robustness in Windows and switched to OS/2
2.3. By 1999 it was clear I needed to look for a platform with an
opportunity to find new applications…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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