Comment Digital Research DID provide an OS to IBM (Score 3, Insightful) 183
Speaking of folklore, Gary Kihdal DID do a deal with IBM and did publish CP/M for the PC. It took a while and IBM had it's doubts and went back to Bill Gates who came up with DOS. Two things happened:
1. DOS had an amazing (for the time) street price of $49 and was out first.
2. CP/M came later had a street price around $225
3. Game over.
Did Gates not devlop, but rather buy, DOS from Seattle Computer Products and push it out? Yes.
Did Gates know OEM's business model from selling BASIC to several and price DOS for that? Yes.
1. DOS had an amazing (for the time) street price of $49 and was out first.
2. CP/M came later had a street price around $225
3. Game over.
Did Gates not devlop, but rather buy, DOS from Seattle Computer Products and push it out? Yes.
Did Gates know OEM's business model from selling BASIC to several and price DOS for that? Yes.
