I'm not a "Micrsoft-basher" and I am not a huge fan of Steve's, but it should be pointed out that the "went flying instead of meeting with IBM" is a version of the story popularized by Bill Gates.
Dorothy was the one who typically handled vendor negotiations. Gary went on a business trip to deliver software. I was good friends with a good friend of Gary's, and I have spoken at medium length with Dorothy. Gary's "business sins" were not skipping the meeting with IBM, but (1) failing to mind the store and update CP/M to handle HD diskettes and especially 16-bit processors; and (2) failing (as most did) to anticipate that IBM would be wildly successful with the PC. The 16-bit issue was the one that created a huge opening for Gates and Microsoft. Charles On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:02:24 -0500, Jay Maynard <[email protected]> wrote: >I'm not so sure about Kildall...anyone who snubs a business meeting with >IBM to go flying (a worthy endeavor in and of itself) isn't businessman >enough to compete with Jobs and Gates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
