22 Jun
1999
22 Jun
'99
10:05 p.m.
Chandra Bajpai wrote:
#2 IBM came to Microsoft looking for an operating system for the IBM PC, not the other
way around. Microsoft originally sent IBM to Gary Kildall (developer of CP/M) who refused
to meet with them. IBM returned to Gates who, in turn, bought the OS from Kildall himself
for $50K and then licensed it back to IBM. These facts were totally inaccurate in the
film.
#2 is incorrect...the movie is absolutely correct on that fact. Seattle
Computer Products developed QDOS for some product of theirs. The guys
name is Tim Patterson. Gates bought the rights for $50K, renamed it and
licensed to IBM. Little know fact is that SCP retained the right to
#2 is partially correct according to the biographies I have read of that
transaction. IBM did approach MS first, and was referred back to DR by
Gates. When whatever happened at DR happened, IBM returned to MS. Gates then
took on the challenge and then bought the OS from Seattle Computer Products
(not DRI), and of course the rest is history.