https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vms-rest-story
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, August 14, 2023, 7:17 PM, Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> wrote: Windows NT came from the VAX guys, I think. On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:15 AM Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > *The facts. According to Bill Johnson.American computer programmer Timothy > Paterson, a developer for Seattle Computer Products, wrote the original > operating system for the Intel Corporation’s 8086 microprocessor in 1980, > initially calling it QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), which was > soon renamed 86-DOS. A year later, fledgling company Microsoft > purchased exclusive rights to sell the system, renamed MS-DOS, to IBM for > their newly developed IBM-PC. IBM-compatible versions were marketed as > PC-DOS. Version 1.0 was released in 1981; additional upgraded versions kept > pace with the rapidly evolving PC. Windows 95, introduced by Microsoft in > 1995, incorporated MS-DOS 7.0 but ultimately superseded the MS-DOS > platform. Starting with Windows NT, Microsoft’s operating systems were > designed independently of MS-DOS, though they were capable of running some > MS-DOS applications.* > > Facts but missing lots of pivotal events. No mention of Gary Kildall. > Windows 2.0 was a brief look at a Windows O/S. Windows 3.0 preceded WIN 95 > as did Windows 3.1. > > Really who cares? > > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:09 AM Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> > On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 03:15:12 PM PDT, Grant Taylor wrote: >> >> On 8/14/23 3:16 PM, Bob Bridges wrote: >> >> > My hang up is that -- as I understand it -- DOS was /never/ IBM's to >> start with. >> >> > DOS was /Microsoft's. >> >> >> Again, if you want some insights, you can watch >> https://youtu.be/Qc5khH5gllg?t=339 that seems to be the prevalent story. >> Is this different from the story as you understand it? >> >> 1. MS-DOS did not exist prior to IBM / Bill Gates meeting. >> >> 2. IBM wanted a new OS. IBM contractred Gates to create this OS which was >> to be called PC DOS. >> >> 3. Because IBM was gun shy from anti-trust lawsuits, it chose to exclude >> ownership of PC DOS thus allowing PC-DOS to be sold as MS-DOS by Microsoft. >> >> Microsoft was not the sole owner of DOS. One piece of software was owned >> by IBM and Microsoft. It was IBM's choice not to retain sole ownership of >> DOS. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > > -- > Wayne V. Bickerdike > > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
