Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

Greg,

1. Gates *bought* the first version of DOS.

IBM recruited M$ to write the OS for the IBM PC. With time running out, he
bought QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) from some poor sap for $US
70,000 and repackaged it into MS-DOS.

No offence intended.
BTW, you are correct about the other two points, assuming that by "Gates" you
mean Microsoft.


On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Greg Stewart wrote:
> Um...
> 
> 1, Gates created the first version DOS.
> 2. Gates wrotes the first two versions of  OS/2.
> 3. OS/2 would still be written by Gates if his head didn't explode and his
> greed take take over.

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