Uh, Wrong -- MS purchased QDOS from Seattle Labs and with a code tweak here
and there it became DOS 1.0
Gates never purchased CP/M.
Mike W.
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From: "Vidiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: What was Gore's Role in Inventing the Internet?
> >I heard that Gates stole dos from IBM when he was working for them. Then
he
> >modified it a little and put it out on the market at MS-DOS, instead of
IBM's
> >PC-DOS. Then he just kept modifing it and then put a gui interface with
it,
> >Windows 2.0.
>
> No, he purchased CPM for a relatively small amount of money and converted
it
> into PC-DOS/MS-DOS. IBM never created the OS for the PeeCee. Gates and
crew
> did that.
>
> MB
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