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From: Joel M. Eichen, D.D.S. (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 11:59:49 -0400

This internet, is it great or what?

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ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

If I recall correctly, the bossman was out hiking and camping and his
wife made the decision ....

JOEL

As for an operating system (OS) for the new computers, since Microsoft
had never written an operating system before, Gates had suggested that
IBM investigate an OS called CP/M (Control Program for
Microcomputers), written by Gary Kildall of Digital Research. Kindall
had his Ph.D. in computers and had written the most successful
operating system of the time, selling over 600,000 copies of CP/M, his
OS set the standard at that time.

IBM tried to contact Kildall for a meeting, executives met with Mrs.
Kildall who refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement. IBM soon
returned to Bill Gates and gave Microsoft the contract to write the
new operating system, one that would eventually wipe Kildall's CP/M
out of common use.

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"I don't think it's that significant." - Tandy president John Roach on
IBM's entry into the microcomputer field

On August 12, 1981, IBM introduced its new revolution in a box, the
"Personal Computer" complete with a brand new operating system from
Microsoft and a 16-bit computer operating system called MS-DOS 1.0.

Operating System : /n./ [techspeak] (Often abbreviated `OS') The
foundation software of a machine, of course; that which schedules
tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user
between applications. The facilities an operating system provides and
its general design philosophy exert an extremely strong influence on
programming style and on the technical cultures that grow up around
its host machines. - The Jargon Dictionary*

In 1980, IBM first approached Bill Gates and Microsoft, to discuss the
state of home computers and Microsoft products. Gates gave IBM a few
ideas on what would make a great home computer, among them to have
Basic written into the ROM chip. Microsoft had already produced
several versions of Basic for different computer system beginning with
the Altair, so Gates was more than happy to write a version for IBM.

As for an operating system (OS) for the new computers, since Microsoft
had never written an operating system before, Gates had suggested that
IBM investigate an OS called CP/M (Control Program for
Microcomputers), written by Gary Kildall of Digital Research. Kindall
had his Ph.D. in computers and had written the most successful
operating system of the time, selling over 600,000 copies of CP/M, his
OS set the standard at that time.

IBM tried to contact Kildall for a meeting, executives met with Mrs.
Kildall who refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement. IBM soon
returned to Bill Gates and gave Microsoft the contract to write the
new operating system, one that would eventually wipe Kildall's CP/M
out of common use.

The "Microsoft Disk Operating System" or MS-DOS was based on QDOS, the
"Quick and Dirty Operating System" written by Tim Paterson of Seattle
Computer Products, for their prototype Intel 8086 based computer.

QDOS was based on Gary Kildall's CP/M, Paterson had bought a CP/M
manual and used it as the basis to write his operating system in six
weeks, QDOS was different enough from CP/M to be considered legal.

Microsoft bought the rights to QDOS for $50,000, keeping the IBM deal
a secret from Seattle Computer Products.

Gates then talked IBM into letting Microsoft retain the rights, to
market MS DOS separate from the IBM PC project, Gates proceeded to
make a fortune from the licensing of MS-DOS.

In 1981, Tim Paterson quit Seattle Computer Products and found
employment at Microsoft.

"Life begins with a disk drive." - Tim Paterson

*The Jargon Dictionary
Version 4.0.0, 24 July 1996, Computer terms.

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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:53:40 GMT, W_B <no_one@nowhere.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 06:56:03 -0400, "Joel M. Eichen, D.D.S." <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>The operating systems he stole from Digital. Oh wait. He paid $50,000
>>them for the code. IBM bought it and thought it was Bill's.
>
>Nope, Bill *licensed* it to IBM before he actually bought it.

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