-=> MARK HOFMANN wrote to JIMMY MAC <=-

 MH> Actually, IBM practically gave Microsoft what later became
"DOS".  What
 MH> became DOS, was originally written by IBM.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understood of the story was that
Microsoft bought "DOS" from another company (Seattle Computer Company?) for
about $20K.  IBM was courting DEC to use CP/M on its new PC, but Ken Olsen
blew off IBM since he didn't think they were serious (he instead went
golfing).  IBM then came to Microsoft and worked out a licensing deal...
and the rest is history.

Later,
Sean

 
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