-=> Quoting Jack Stein to Peter Knapper <=-

 JS> The only annoying thing I found was that IBM and MS would foist such a
 JS> lame, incompetant SORT utility on the public.  I'd be ashamed to have
 JS> something that limited associated with my name, let alone a giant
 JS> computer mega-company.  In fact, a brief look at command.com and
 JS> cmd.exe, compared to 4DOS, 4OS/2 and Unix shells clearly shows that
 JS> IBM and MS have had their collective heads deeply placed where the sun
 JS> don't shine for what, 15-20 years now?   

Actually, MS *tried* to cut a deal to let them include 4dos as the
command processor with DOS (back around DOS 5.0). But they tried to
offer JPSoft the same deal they offered Central Point Software. "Let us
include your program without us paying you any royalties, and we'll
leave your copyright notice in there."

JPSoft told them what they could do with the offer. CP said "Sure!" and
let MS include a less than current version of some of the stuff in
PCTools. 

You'll notice which company is still around. :-)

JPSoft *did* make a counter offer of sorts. It was along the lines of
"Why don't we sit down and negotiate a royalty. We aren't greedy, but
we want *something* per copy." MS wasn't interested. 


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