Submitted by GriffinFTW t3_10j43bk in todayilearned
Rexel450 t1_j5kz3r8 wrote
Reply to comment by Suspicious-Post-5866 in TIL that Microsoft's first operating system was Unix-based by GriffinFTW
> Legend has it that Gates bought MS DOS from a local Seattle company
Gary Kildall has entered the chat
j-random t1_j5m4aqu wrote
Gary Kildall was too busy flying his new plane to take a meeting with IBM, that's why we wound up with some amateur's quick-n-dirty DOS.
Rexel450 t1_j5osruk wrote
I did read that Gates tried to stiff him by saying that IBM was a single sale and that's all he should be paid for.
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