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____/ JeffM on Saturday 02 Jan 2010 04:01 : \____
> yuhong wrote:
>>I am sure IBM regrets choosing MS-DOS for the IBM PC now.
>>[...]
>>what if IBM was able to choose DR CP/M-86 from the beginning
>>
> Cringely documented that episode in "Triumph of the Nerds":
> http://google.com/search?q=cache:DlGfDz_SQegJ:www.pbs.org/nerds/part2.html+*-*-*-*-*-IBM-non-disclosure-*-Dorothy-made-*-*-*.*.*.a-decision-which-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-was-dumb+she-read-it-*-said-*-I-can't-sign-this+*-spent-*-*-day-in-Pacific-Grove-debating-*-
*+Transcript+Transcript+about-talking-*-*+*-*-*-*-*-*-*-talk-to-us
> http://tinyurl.com/y9ecy6f
> "Gary had some other plans" (at the 40% point)
> http://www.pbs.org/nerds/part2.html
>
> Another telling of the story:
> "How Bill Gates Outmaneuvered Gary Kildall"
> http://google.com/search?q=cache:TDghgKX6Mu0J:arnosoftwaredev.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html+Gary.went.flying+Tim.Paterson+Kildall-had-*-another-meeting-*+paranoid+canard+nondisclosure+Pacific.Grove+*-agreement+*-purchased-QDOS+Gates-didn't-inform-Kildall-*-who-
*-*-customer-was+business.instinct+*-*-build-*-*-*-own+Gary.Kildall
> http://tinyurl.com/GaryWentFlying
> http://arnosoftwaredev.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html
> http://arnosoftwaredev.blogspot.com/2005/08/how-bill-gates-outmaneuvered-gary.html
"He [Bill Gates] is divisive. He is manipulative. He is a user. He has taken
much from me and the industry."
--Gary Kildall
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