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rbanffy
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Digital Research was the Microsoft we needed.
pjmlp
on Dec 12, 2021
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Blame it on how the whole deal with IBM ended up.
rbanffy
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Wasn’t that because Bill’s mom had a friend on the IBM board?
pjmlp
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That is one possible rummor I guess.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall#IBM_dealings
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9667831
ebcode
on Dec 13, 2021
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ITPro has a recent write-up:
https://www.itpro.com/hardware/361331/the-true-story-behind-...
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