DOS was built on CP/M standards hehe come on, DOS was a quick copy/imitation of CP/M. That seems a funny way of describing it, dignifying what was a knock-off

DOS was built on CP/M standards hehe come on, DOS was a quick copy/imitation of CP/M. That seems a funny way of describing it, dignifying what was a knock-off job. As if accused forgers or plagiarists were to say "Huh? I'm building on the standards of the earlier work." I mean, fair enough (initially), Gates did try first to give the IBM gig to Kildall.