"dc" <sh***@will.now> wrote in
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> 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

"Mark Blain" <mbla***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "dc" <sh***@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.
>