On Jun 3, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Doug Person wrote:
Bill bought QDOS for $40,000 cash and some vague promises about
further deals. Many, many companies have looked back at their
dealings with Bill and realized they've been had. BigTime. The
dirty dealings with IBM are by far the worst thing on Bill's list
of dirty tricks and double-crosses.
Oh, yeah. How about OS/2 -- Microsoft contracted with IBM to build
it, took everything they learned from building it to create Windows
95, and then offered with IBM to do OS/2 v5 for $400 million....
Or how about how Gates in 1985 used the AppleSoft BASIC license
renewal to extort a license to the Macintosh UI elements? This
agreement basically allowed Microsoft to rip off any part of the
Macintosh design for Windows 3.1.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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