Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> amicus_curious wrote:
>
>> You are suggesting that IBM would not have contacted Microsoft but for Bill
>> Gates' mother? That is an urban legend in the computer world that is
>> totally without any basis in fact. I am surprised at your naivety. What
>> twisted contract do you reference?
>
> "IBM came to Microsoft, because Bill Gates Mom (Mary Gates) and IBM's
> executive (Akers) were both in a charity together (United Way?), and
> Mary said that IBM should check out what her son had to offer. Before
> you knew it, the little rogue unit in IBM creating the PC was told to
> give "Mary's boy Bill" a call -- and soon after the DOS deal was signed.
> Microsoft did get the contract, and Microsoft did convince them to do a
> royalty thing"
>
> http://www.mackido.com/History/PiratesOfSiliconValley.html
> http://www.virtualaltair.com/virtualaltair.com/mits0026.asp
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Maxwell_Gates
>
Don't hit billwg with facts, he hates that...
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