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Originally Posted by FirstBorn
Hi Dien,
Thanks for bringing the "Geek" OUT in Me.
In regards to MS-DOS, Bill Gates Purchased Q-DOS
(Quick and Dirty Operating System) from someone
and had it rewritten for IBM.
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa033099.htm
I actually learned that in College, back in the day...
So, Bill Gates didn't STEAL Q-DOS,
HOWEVER,
He DID 'model' "WINDOWS" After mac / apple OSes. |
Hi Christopher,
I "skipped" a couple steps so the story wouldn't be too long... You'll find that Q-DOS was an imitation of CP/M...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86-DOS
The point is - at the end of the day - MS-DOS (as "Q-DOS" was later renamed) was still a "copycat" product...