Re: Platform of choice (very long) or, I Hate Holy Wars

Subject: Re: Platform of choice (very long) or, I Hate Holy Wars
From: Bob Morrisette <robert -dot- morrisette -at- EBAY -dot- SUN -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:08:16 -0800

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>To be fair, Microsoft bought the rights to MS-DOS; it didn't itself
>develop it. It did a superb job of marketing it, however.

Microsoft bought a primitive DOS called QDOS from Seattle Computer
Company. It was a major programming effort by Microsoft to
convert QDOS to MS-DOS.

Bob Morrisette
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