As a technical writer who has experienced the rise and fall of software companies from the trenches, I have nothing but praise for the work of the Microsoft Corporation (’Mr. Software,’ by Fred Moody, Aug. 25). It produces innovative, relatively bug-free products for a reasonable price. I’m using one of them now to write this letter. As for Bill Gates and all the sour grapes about his billions -- compared with the likes of Michael Milken, he’s some kind of American hero. Just think, you can still get wealthy in America by making something!
Software By Hewlett The Hewlett-Packard Company said today that it was adapting the proprietary operating system software of its HP 3000 business computer to be more compatible with ’open systems’ based on the industry standard operating system, Unix. As part of the plan, Hewlett has changed the name of the software from MPE/XL to MPEiX to reflect its compatibility with Posix, a standard for operating system interfaces. As the first step in adopting Posix, Hewlett will offer a kit that lets software developers rewrite Unix-based programs to run on the HP 3000.







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