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This article skips over one of the most interesting stories in modern business: how Gary Kildall lost IBM to Microsoft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kild
by apo 8y ago
This article skips over one of the most interesting stories in modern business: how Gary Kildall lost IBM to Microsoft:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall#IBM_dealings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall#IBM_dealings
- djur 8y agoHe covered that in a previous series of articles about the origins and development of the IBM PC, starting here: https://www.filfre.net/2012/05/the-ibm-pc-part-1/ https://www.filfre.net/2012/05/the-ibm-pc-part-1/
- apo 8y agoYes, there's a detailed account here: https://www.filfre.net/2012/05/the-ibm-pc-part-2/ https://www.filfre.net/2012/05/the-ibm-pc-part-2/
- Apaec 8y agoThat's just because Billy's mommy had ties with IBM CEO John Opel http://prospectingprofessor.blogs.com/prospecting_professor/2005/12/bills_billions_.html http://prospectingprofessor.blogs.com/prospecting_professor/....