A bigger head beats a bigger mouth every time. Johnson by name Johnson by
nature.

Yeah, I found this on the internet too:

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*johnson* (*plural* *johnsons
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   1. (slang <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang>) Penis
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:33 AM Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> wrote:

> Way to miss the point Bill. Do you write programs that miss out things
> because they can be easily found on the internet?
>
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:23 AM Bill Johnson <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vms-rest-story
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Monday, August 14, 2023, 7:17 PM, Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Windows NT came from the VAX guys, I think.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:15 AM Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > *The facts. According to Bill Johnson.American computer programmer
>> Timothy
>> > Paterson, a developer for Seattle Computer Products, wrote the original
>> > operating system for the Intel Corporation’s 8086 microprocessor in
>> 1980,
>> > initially calling it QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), which was
>> > soon renamed 86-DOS. A year later, fledgling company Microsoft
>> > purchased exclusive rights to sell the system, renamed MS-DOS, to IBM
>> for
>> > their newly developed IBM-PC. IBM-compatible versions were marketed as
>> > PC-DOS. Version 1.0 was released in 1981; additional upgraded versions
>> kept
>> > pace with the rapidly evolving PC. Windows 95, introduced by Microsoft
>> in
>> > 1995, incorporated MS-DOS 7.0 but ultimately superseded the MS-DOS
>> > platform. Starting with Windows NT, Microsoft’s operating systems were
>> > designed independently of MS-DOS, though they were capable of running
>> some
>> > MS-DOS applications.*
>> >
>> > Facts but missing lots of pivotal events. No mention of Gary Kildall.
>> > Windows 2.0 was a brief look at a Windows O/S. Windows 3.0 preceded WIN
>> 95
>> > as did Windows 3.1.
>> >
>> > Really who cares?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:09 AM Jon Perryman <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >>  > On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 03:15:12 PM PDT, Grant Taylor wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 8/14/23 3:16 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > My hang up is that -- as I understand it -- DOS was /never/ IBM's to
>> >> start with.
>> >>
>> >> > DOS was /Microsoft's.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Again, if you want some insights, you can watch
>> >> https://youtu.be/Qc5khH5gllg?t=339 that seems to be the prevalent
>> story.
>> >> Is this different from the story as you understand it?
>> >>
>> >> 1. MS-DOS did not exist prior to IBM / Bill Gates meeting.
>> >>
>> >> 2. IBM wanted a new OS. IBM contractred Gates to create this OS which
>> was
>> >> to be called PC DOS.
>> >>
>> >> 3. Because IBM was gun shy from anti-trust lawsuits, it chose to
>> exclude
>> >> ownership of PC DOS thus allowing PC-DOS to be sold as MS-DOS by
>> Microsoft.
>> >>
>> >> Microsoft was not the sole owner of DOS. One piece of software was
>> owned
>> >> by IBM and Microsoft. It was IBM's choice not to retain sole ownership
>> of
>> >> DOS.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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