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

[Sandy]

Was there anything about Bill stealing the "Windows" system.  I think he 
screwed the "Apple twins" as well didn't he?  It WOULD be nice and also 
retribution, if someone would come up with a better "windows" like system 
and blow Gates and his patched up code off the market.  He MUST have enough 
money by now?

73,
Sandy W5TVW

Used to love playing with Zilog Z-80 machine code.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at arrl.net>
To: "Fred (FL)" <ncsailors at yahoo.com>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Spilling the HF beans .....


>
> On Jun 3, 2007, at 7:54 AM, Fred (FL) wrote:
>
>> And Bill Gates empire was launched, and IBM got
>> its first DOS contract from Gates - and IBM's PC was
>> launched.  And in 1981 - the whole PC world,
>> as we now know it was started.  CP/M was also
>> on the runway - but big blue, killed it at the
>> gate. Supposedly Gates bought the guts of DOS
>> or PC BASIC, from a college friend, for a
>> pittance.
>
> It's important to remember the history correctly. In 1981, Microsoft  was 
> a dominant supplier of microcomputer BASIC. IBM was already going  to talk 
> to them about that.
>
> IBM also wanted CP/M, and Gates assured them he could deliver that,  too. 
> What he ended up doing was buying QDOS from Seattle Softworks  (for a 
> pittance, really), and then re-working it into PCDOS. The rest  is 
> history.
>
>>   Had nothing to do with the Osborne
>> Computer Inc. company.  They just happened to
>> be one of several companies; Heath, Osborne,
>> ..... - who at that time ran under CP/M.  So
>> I'd call it the Gates effect.
>
> The Osborne Effect came later. It happened when Osborne pre-announced  a 
> PC-compatible portable computer. Once they did that, all sales of  their 
> CP/M portable virtually stopped. The reduction in sales  bankrupted the 
> company before they could finish and ship their PC- compatible design.
>
> Of course, the wikipedia entry indicates that perhaps the role of the 
> pre-announcement was overstated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
> Osborne_effect
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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