On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> CP/M 86 was available but IBM couldn't get a license. They hired > Microsoft to write DOS and they bought QDOS to get started. > > Yeah. Worst mistake Gary Kindall ever made. Just think, if he'd hadn't "blown off" IBM, I'd be cursing his memory (he's deceased) instead of Bill Gates. Or maybe not, I ran CP/M-80 back in the day. I really enjoyed it. But, then, I enjoyed everything more back then. <sigh> everything was bright, shiny, and new <sigh/> -- Werner Heisenberg is driving down the autobahn. A police officer pulls him over. The officer says, "Excuse me, sir, do you know how fast you were going?" "No," replies Dr. Heisenberg, "but I know where I am." Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance -- Jim Horning Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
