> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 06:40:44 PM PDT, Bill Johnson wrote:
> Translation, can’t find any proof.
Translation of the translation: Too stupid to do a simple web search. I gave
you enough keywords yet you don't dispute anything. What are you saying is
wrong?
On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 06:40:44 PM PDT, Bill Johnson
<[email protected]> wrote:
Translation, can’t find any proof.
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On Monday, August 14, 2023, 9:36 PM, Jon Perryman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 04:43:19 PM PDT, Bill Johnson wrote:
> Prove it.
Don't ask me to do a fools errand because you'll never trust any source I may
quote. You need to find sources you trust. What I'm finding is the first
release of QDOS was delivered around July1980, IBM / Gates contract signed
around Nov 1980 and Microsoft bought QDOS in July 1981. It's speculation that
IBM told MS to buy QDOS but it would make sense because it speeds up IBM's
timeline.
On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 04:43:19 PM PDT, Bill Johnson
<[email protected]> wrote:
Prove it.
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On Monday, August 14, 2023, 7:36 PM, Jon Perryman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 04:03:04 PM PDT, Bill Johnson wrote:
> A year later, fledgling company Microsoft purchased exclusive rights to sell
> QDOS, renamed MS-
> DOS, to IBM for their newly developed IBM-PC.
IBM signed their contract with Microsoft in 1980 which happens to be 7 months
before Microsoft bought QDOS. Rumor has it that IBM told Microsoft to buy it.
There was no renaming MS-DOS. My understanding is that Microsoft began
immediate sales of the product, but IBM delayed for a couple of years.
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