Re: Implants Price?

From: Alexander Vasserman DDS., BS. (purple543210_at_yahoo.ca)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: 8 Jul 2004 22:38:38 -0700

"Joel M. Eichen, D.D.S."

Something is missing here.
Before the MS-DOS we had the PC-DOS this one was not written by microsoft.

<joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<bb7oe0560vo0rsu8nrcmnt838iit0lvfm2@4ax.com>...
> This internet, is it great or what?
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> ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
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> If I recall correctly, the bossman was out hiking and camping and his
> wife made the decision ....
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> JOEL
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> 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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> Inventors of the Modern Computer
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> The History of the MS-DOS Operating Systems, Microsoft, Tim Paterson,
> and Gary Kildall
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> IBM PC Inventors of the Modern Computer Series
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> More on MS-DOS, Time Paterson, and Gary Kildall
> ? A Short History of MS-DOS
> Written by Tim Paterson himself.
> ? Origins of MS-DOS
> Articles about MS-DOS and Tim Paterson.
> ? The Deal of the Century
> More on Microsoft's purchase of the "Quick and Dirty Operating
> System".
> ? Microsoft Timeline
> ? Windows Operating Systems Family History
> From Altair BASIC to Windows 98, everything Microsoft has
> accomplished.
> ? The History of Windows
> MS-DOS was the beginning of "Windows" the IBM based graphical
> interface.
> ? Bill Gates
> Biography of the Microsoft superstar.
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> By Mary Bellis
> "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:
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> >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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