12 Dec
2003
12 Dec
'03
3:38 a.m.
As concessions to IBM's desire for secrecy, Microsoft put locks
on some of the doors, window shades, etc.
They knew that they couldn't keep a project of that size completely
secret, so they named it "Project Commodore" as a bit of misdirection.
As for references, ...
I thought that I had read about it in one of the published
histories, but it is possible that I heard about it in
conversations with Bob Wallace. Bob was a very close friend
who was the tenth employee of Microsoft, and the first to
leave with substantial Microsoft stock. He died 9/2002 of
causes probably unrelated to Microsoft.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Cini, Richard wrote:
You know, I just re-read this post after a few days
and I noticed that the
project within Microsoft was "Project Commodore". I haven't read
"Hard
Drive" or the other Microsoft history books in a few years, but I don't
recall ever seeing a reference to that project name.
Any background on that?
-----Original Message-----
I don't know what became of the 8086 Stand-Alone BASIC.
THEN Microsoft bought rights to that OS for "Project Commodore" (their IBM
contract). (PC-DOS, MS-DOS)