4 Mar
2005
4 Mar
'05
12:49 p.m.
willisjo at zianet.com wrote:
as 86-QDOS (Quick and Dirty OS). The initial purchase
by Microsoft was
for $15,000 IIRC, but full rights to the OS were purchased later for a
Total sum was $50,000, IIRC.
Tim Patterson was hired by Microsoft for a period of
time.
Yes, and while he didn't make his millions off of DOS, he certained did in the
mid-1990s at Microsoft.
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