On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, van burnham wrote:
> #2 IBM came to Microsoft looking for an operating system for the IBM PC,
> not the other way around. Microsoft originally sent IBM to Gary Kildall
> (developer of CP/M) who refused to meet with them. IBM returned to Gates
> who, in turn, bought the OS from Kildall himself for $50K and then licensed
> it back to IBM. These facts were totally inaccurate in the film.
Ugh! More mis-information! This has been hashed out enough times that it
should be standard issue lore. Gates bought QDOS from Seattle Computer
Products.
> #3 Bill's hair was never that blonde.
And Steve Ballmer's head is much pointier in real life.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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