On 5/11/05, DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's an original spin - not to accuse anyone of apparently just
> falling off the IT turnip truck, but...
> 
> Micro$oft did not steal CP/M. If anyone actually stole CP/M it was
> Seattle Computer Products with their QDOS, which was the basis for
> PC-DOS (mildly rewritten by Micro$oft for IBM).

You're right (probably).  There's some info on the web, but on further
research it's unreliable.

http://www.jmusheneaux.com/9000ee.htm
http://www.aaxnet.com/topics/msinc.html#dr
http://www.joewein.de/dri.html
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Gary_Kildall
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/214196_paterson02.html

They alternately say DR almost sued and settle out of court, and DR
did sue and won.  DR's Kildall's memoirs apparently have only
animosity for MS.

> Whether anti-trust laws are wrong or not is another conversation.

I throw my hands up in exasperation.  All along I've thought that that
*was* the conversation.

-todd


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