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So IBM went crazy with CP/M, and Microsoft suffered. We'd now have CP/M 11, and DOS would be open-source now.
by smm11 4y ago
So IBM went crazy with CP/M, and Microsoft suffered. We'd now have CP/M 11, and DOS would be open-source now.
- sbuk 4y agoIn all likelihood in that timeline DOS as we know it wouldn't have existed.
- BirAdam 4y agoI am not so certain that it would have made much difference. Microsoft would still have produced both BASIC and Windows, and we may have had the exact same evolution anyway. DigitalResearch's GEM was mired in legal red tape preventing from much evolution. Also, MSDOS is opensource now. https://computerhistory.org/blog/microsoft-ms-dos-early-source-code/?key=microsoft-ms-dos-early-source-code https://computerhistory.org/blog/microsoft-ms-dos-early-sour...