9 Apr
2000
9 Apr
'00
8:11 p.m.
"Paul Braun" <nerdware(a)laidbak.com> wrote:
And IBM apparently found enough code lifted directly
from CP/M to
justify an $800,000 settlement with Kildall to keep him from suing
them.
Very interesting. I've heard a lot of claims that Tim copied actual code
from CP/M, including mentions of intact copyright
notices (which I
couldn't find when I examined an IBM DOS 1.0 diskette), but
I've never
before heard about a settlement. Do you have any further references
or info? I'd love to learn more about this.
The thing that I find amazing about the idea that Tim might have copied
DR code is that CP/M is so small and simple that I wouldn't expect it to
be worth the effort to do a binary translation of it, especially if you
plan to replace the file system code (which is the bulk of the BDOS)
anyhow.