Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/24

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Subject: RE: VERY OT - RE: [Leica] R9 scoop/ot
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 22:57:53 -0400

> Kinda.. MSDOS as in Dos 1 to 6, came from a core program written by a team
> of SW developers in Seattle.....   Gates sold the job to IBM, then bought
> the rights to the source code from these SW guys... as I remember it, the
> cost was $50K,  No residuals.

Frank,

I believe MS was sued by the "guys" that wrote DOS in the first place, and
got more money...

AND...as the story goes...Gates LIED to IBM telling them he already had an
OS...when he didn't...

Austin

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