> Do you think old-timers aren't providing sources because they are giving first-person accounts? > http://aaxnet.com/topics/msinc.html > > "1982 - Digital Research sues Microsoft and IBM - Wins - It was obvious > MS-DOS and its PC-DOS variant were simply rip- offs of Digital > Research's > CP/M operating system. It remained only to prove it contained DR code. > DR's Gary Kildall sat down at an IBM PC supplied by IBM and, using a > secret code, got it to pop up a Digital Research copyright notice. It's > case won, Digital Research received monetary compensation and the right > to clone MS-DOS. This is why Microsoft never sued DR over DR-DOS, but > used every other means to destroy it. The settlement was under a strict > non- disclosure agreement, so few even know DR sued, never mind that > they > won."
Yeah, I see this one is big on supporting documentation too. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
