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TL;DR: the article ends with a promo for an in-person talk by Bob Zeidman in which he will reveal the answer to this question. The question is not actually answ
by camtarn 10y ago
TL;DR: the article ends with a promo for an in-person talk by Bob Zeidman in which he will reveal the answer to this question. The question is not actually answered in the article.
- simonster 10y agoThe question is answered here: http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/say-what-/4442498/1/Was-DOS-copied-from-CPM- http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/say-what-/4442498/.... The answer is no, except for the system calls.
- indolering 10y agoAnd it's old, the actual even took place a month ago and the results were a boring no:http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/say-what-/4442498/1/Was-DOS-copied-from-CPM- http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/say-what-/4442498/....
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- shakethemonkey 10y agoAttended this talk which was at the Vintage Computer Festival in Mountain View. Zeidman offers a $100,000 reward for proof of actual code copying. [1] [1] http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/08/08/theres-a-200k-reward-for-anyone-who-proves-microsoft-ripped-off-ms-dos-source-code/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/08/08/theres-a-200k-rewar...