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Microsoft Buys Full Rights to 86-DOS
July 27, 1981 About two weeks before IBM begins shipping the first IBM PC, Microsoft buys the full rights to the operating system 86-DOS, formerly known as QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), from Seattle Computer Products for $ 50,000. Microsoft had previously paid $ 25,000 to SCP for a non-exclusive license in December 1980…
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Writer and director of film on Civil Rights Movement speaks at UAlbany
By Caroline Pain Staff Writer theaspnews@gmail.com Tanya Hamilton presented her movie “Night Catches Us,” which she both wrote and directed, on Feb. 13 at the Downtown Campus. “Night Catches Us” was released in 2010 has received many awards since then. It focuses on the life of a former Black Panther who comes back…
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Writer and director of film on Civil Rights Movement speaks at UAlbany
By Caroline Pain Staff Writer theaspnews@gmail.com Tanya Hamilton presented her movie “Night Catches Us,” which she both wrote and directed, on Feb. 13 at the Downtown Campus. “Night Catches Us” was released in 2010 has received many awards since then. It focuses on the life of a former Black Panther who comes back…
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Writer and director of film on Civil Rights Movement speaks at UAlbany
By Caroline Pain Staff Writer theaspnews@gmail.com Tanya Hamilton presented her movie “Night Catches Us,” which she both wrote and directed, on Feb. 13 at the Downtown Campus. “Night Catches Us” was released in 2010 has received many awards since then. It focuses on the life of a former Black Panther who comes back…
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Writer and director of film on Civil Rights Movement speaks at UAlbany
By Caroline Pain Staff Writer theaspnews@gmail.com Tanya Hamilton presented her movie “Night Catches Us,” which she both wrote and directed, on Feb. 13 at the Downtown Campus. “Night Catches Us” was released in 2010 has received many awards since then. It focuses on the life of a former Black Panther who comes back…
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The Butler gives a history lesson on the civil rights movement in America
By Ada Mbogu Arts & Entertainment Editor artsent.asp@gmail.com Anyone who has seen “The Help,” “Django Unchained,” and “The Color Purple,” can argue that African-Americans have endured a painful journey enticed with racism, repression and discrimination throughout American history. But in Lee Daniels’ new film “The Butler,” the fight for civil rights reaches a new angle, as…
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The Butler gives a history lesson on the civil rights movement in America
By Ada Mbogu Arts & Entertainment Editor artsent.asp@gmail.com Anyone who has seen “The Help,” “Django Unchained,” and “The Color Purple,” can argue that African-Americans have endured a painful journey enticed with racism, repression and discrimination throughout American history. But in Lee Daniels’ new film “The Butler,” the fight for civil rights reaches a new angle, as…
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Microsoft Buys Full Rights to 86-DOS
July 27, 1981 About two weeks before IBM begins shipping the first IBM PC, Microsoft buys the full rights to the operating system 86-DOS, formerly known as QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), from Seattle Computer Products for $ 50,000. Microsoft had previously paid $ 25,000 to SCP for a non-exclusive license in December 1980…
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Microsoft Buys Full Rights to 86-DOS
July 27, 1981 About two weeks before IBM begins shipping the first IBM PC, Microsoft buys the full rights to the operating system 86-DOS, formerly known as QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), from Seattle Computer Products for $ 50,000. Microsoft had previously paid $ 25,000 to SCP for a non-exclusive license in December 1980…