22 Jun
1999
22 Jun
'99
11:42 p.m.
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, van burnham 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.
Ugh! More mis-information! This has been hashed out enough times that it
should be standard issue lore. Gates bought QDOS from Seattle Computer
Products.
#3 Bill's hair was never that blonde.
And Steve Ballmer's head is much pointier in real life.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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