My original post was from an expert on the topic. Via Google search. Bwaaaaa
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, August 14, 2023, 10:03 PM, Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> wrote: > On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 06:40:44 PM PDT, Bill Johnson wrote: > Translation, can’t find any proof. Translation of the translation: Too stupid to do a simple web search. I gave you enough keywords yet you don't dispute anything. What are you saying is wrong? On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 06:40:44 PM PDT, Bill Johnson <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Translation, can’t find any proof. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, August 14, 2023, 9:36 PM, Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> wrote: > On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 04:43:19 PM PDT, Bill Johnson wrote: > Prove it. Don't ask me to do a fools errand because you'll never trust any source I may quote. You need to find sources you trust. What I'm finding is the first release of QDOS was delivered around July1980, IBM / Gates contract signed around Nov 1980 and Microsoft bought QDOS in July 1981. It's speculation that IBM told MS to buy QDOS but it would make sense because it speeds up IBM's timeline. On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 04:43:19 PM PDT, Bill Johnson <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Prove it. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, August 14, 2023, 7:36 PM, Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> wrote: > On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 04:03:04 PM PDT, Bill Johnson wrote: > A year later, fledgling company Microsoft purchased exclusive rights to sell > QDOS, renamed MS- > DOS, to IBM for their newly developed IBM-PC. IBM signed their contract with Microsoft in 1980 which happens to be 7 months before Microsoft bought QDOS. Rumor has it that IBM told Microsoft to buy it. There was no renaming MS-DOS. My understanding is that Microsoft began immediate sales of the product, but IBM delayed for a couple of years. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
