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j-random t1_j5m4aqu wrote

Reply to comment by Rexel450 in TIL that Microsoft's first operating system was Unix-based by GriffinFTW

Gary Kildall was too busy flying his new plane to take a meeting with IBM, that's why we wound up with some amateur's quick-n-dirty DOS.

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Rexel450 t1_j5osruk wrote

I did read that Gates tried to stiff him by saying that IBM was a single sale and that's all he should be paid for.

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