Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 20:26:58 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Since the MicroSloth(tm) jokes have been flowing... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970825202243.341K-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199708260025.SAA04804@xmission.xmission.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC wrote: > > But MS didn't write DOS. It was written by Tim Patterson at > > Seattle Computer Products and MS bought it for $50,000. > > Bzzzt! Wrong answer. MS bought two "licenses to use" for $500.00 > apiece, disassembled it, changed a few strings, reassembled it, > and called this "MS-DOS 1.0". SCP later sued them and recovered > 20 million or so, which certainly caused Microsoft less pain than > developing their own OS would have. Okay, my most handy source is Robert Cringely's book "Accidental Empires" which cites the $50,000 figure. Do you have another, possibly more reputable source? Not that I care what the answer is, but it would be good to know which stories are mere rumor... -john
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.970825202243.341K-100000>