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Re: Not "Satanism;" realism.

--- From a message sent by stan johnson on 1/1/99 10:44 PM ---

>My point is that, as I understand it, IBM was forbidden, or perhaps   
>simply felt it not prudent, to sell its own operating system with its pcs,   
>but rather contracted with Gates to provide it. IIRC, IBM had been   
>roundly spanked for tying hardware and software together. This of   
>course created the opportunity for Gates to ride their coattails to   
>infamy and fortune.

Not that I've ever heard. IBM contracted the OS from an outside source 
because they realized they could not produce one on their own in the 
allotted time (one year) to meet the PC release.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net