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Title is misleading but story is very interesting. Gary Kildall sold his company to Novel for $120 million so he did fine financially. Even if Kildall had mad
by larryfreeman 17y ago
Title is misleading but story is very interesting.
Gary Kildall sold his company to Novel for $120 million so he did fine financially.
Even if Kildall had made the deal with IBM, it is questionable what would have happened. After all, he eventually did make a deal with IBM and it didn't matter.
The end of the story is a stretch. It is hard for me to believe that all the bad things happened to him because of the IBM deal.
- forinti 17y agoExactly. He had great business at the time, so he had a lot to lose. Gates had nothing, so his bet made a lot more sense. With what they knew, they probably both made the best choice.