Way to miss the point Bill. Do you write programs that miss out things because they can be easily found on the internet?
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:23 AM Bill Johnson < 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > 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 1995, incorporated MS-DOS 7.0 but ultimately superseded the MS-DOS 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 > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
