[Elecraft] Spilling the HF beans .....

[Bill Coleman]

On Jun 3, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Doug Person wrote:

> Bill bought QDOS for $40,000 cash and some vague promises about  
> further deals.  Many, many companies have looked back at their  
> dealings with Bill and realized they've been had. BigTime.  The  
> dirty dealings with IBM are by far the worst thing on Bill's list  
> of dirty tricks and double-crosses.

Oh, yeah. How about OS/2 -- Microsoft contracted with IBM to build  
it, took everything they learned from building it to create Windows  
95, and then offered with IBM to do OS/2 v5 for $400 million....

Or how about how Gates in 1985 used the AppleSoft BASIC license  
renewal to extort a license to the Macintosh UI elements? This  
agreement basically allowed Microsoft to rip off any part of the  
Macintosh design for Windows 3.1.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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