> To which Bill replies " The British had some good computers too, the > Sinclair ones for example - Pity they didn't run DOS though"
Laugh? I nearly collapsed, I always thought that was one of the best bits about the Sinclair machines...........
Bill did visit Sinclair during the early 80s to sell Microsoft's basic.
TT was present at the meeting. Their visit was considered not serious by Clive because their marketing was about Microsoft having sold more basic interpreters than anyone else (ie a few thousands), when Sinclair had already sold millions of ZX80/81 and Spectrums
I for one believe that they studied the QL and that Bill remembers it until today. After all they tried to do a multitasking version of DOS that never worked when the QL had already proved that it was possible. OTOH TT believes that the QL came too late for Microsoft to look at it, they beeing too busy with MS-DOS already.
Maybe Andrew Pennel who now helps to develops the C++ development environment at Microsoft could tell us who is right?
Arnould
