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Microsoft is actually IBM
#18408062 - 06/12/13 11:45 AM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Did you know that? I do. Now you do!
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: MrShroom] 1
#18408122 - 06/12/13 11:55 AM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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MrShroom said: Did you know that? I do. Now you do!
That's not true.
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: Everlong]
#18408185 - 06/12/13 12:06 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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http://inventors.about.com/od/computersoftware/a/Putting-Microsoft-On-The-Map.htm
On August 12, 1981, IBM introduced its new revolution in a box, the "Personal Computer" complete with a brand new operating system from Microsoft, a 16-bit computer operating system called MS-DOS 1.0. What is an Operating System
The operating system or`OS is the foundation software of a computer, that which schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user between applications. The facilities an operating system provides and its general design exerts an extremely strong influence on the applications created for the computer. IBM & Microsoft History
In 1980, IBM first approached Bill Gates of Microsoft, to discuss the state of home computers and what Microsoft products could do for IBM. Gates gave IBM a few ideas on what would make a great home computer, among them to have Basic written into the ROM chip. Microsoft had already produced several versions of Basic for different computer system beginning with the Altair, so Gates was more than happy to write a version for IBM. Gary Kildall
As for an operating system (OS) for an IBM computer, since Microsoft had never written an operating system before, Gates had suggested that IBM investigate an OS called CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers), written by Gary Kildall of Digital Research. Kindall had his Ph.D. in computers and had written the most successful operating system of the time, selling over 600,000 copies of CP/M, his operating system set the standard at that time. The Secret Birth of MS-DOS
IBM tried to contact Gary Kildall for a meeting, executives met with Mrs Kildall who refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement. IBM soon returned to Bill Gates and gave Microsoft the contract to write a new operating system, one that would eventually wipe Gary Kildall's CP/M out of common use. The "Microsoft Disk Operating System" or MS-DOS was based on Microsoft's purchase of QDOS, the "Quick and Dirty Operating System" written by Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer Products, for their prototype Intel 8086 based computer.
However, ironically QDOS was based (or copied from as some historians feel) on Gary Kildall's CP/M. Tim Paterson had bought a CP/M manual and used it as the basis to write his operating system in six weeks. QDOS was different enough from CP/M to be considered legally a different product. IBM had deep enough pockets in any case to probably have won an infringement case, if they had needed to protect their product. Microsoft bought the rights to QDOS for $50,000, keeping the IBM & Microsoft deal a secret from Tim Paterson and his company, Seattle Computer Products.
Deal of the Century
Bill Gates then talked IBM into letting Microsoft retain the rights, to market MS-DOS separate from the IBM PC project, Gates and Microsoft proceeded to make a fortune from the licensing of MS-DOS. In 1981, Tim Paterson quit Seattle Computer Products and found employment at Microsoft. "Life begins with a disk drive." - Tim Paterson
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#18408617 - 06/12/13 01:28 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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A partnership does not equal ownership.
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: Everlong]
#18408650 - 06/12/13 01:36 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Everlong said: A partnership does not equal ownership.
Ownership disguised as partnership.
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: MrShroom]
#18408660 - 06/12/13 01:39 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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MrShroom said:
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Everlong said: A partnership does not equal ownership.
Ownership disguised as partnership.
once more, source for IBM's ownership of Microsoft, the owner of a company doesnt approach his company requesting that the do something for him only t have them tell him some other guy else may be better suited to the task
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#18411799 - 06/13/13 12:39 AM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Everlong said: A partnership does not equal ownership.
Ownership disguised as partnership.
By your logic, when I collaborate with a business partner because we market complementary products and services, either of us would own the other. Obviously, it doesn't work that way. Go work in business for a couple of years and see for yourself how things really work.
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: koraks]
#18414231 - 06/13/13 03:31 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Everlong said: A partnership does not equal ownership.
Ownership disguised as partnership.
By your logic, when I collaborate with a business partner because we market complementary products and services, either of us would own the other. Obviously, it doesn't work that way. Go work in business for a couple of years and see for yourself how things really work.
Bill Gates has IBM family members. They made microsoft seem like a new company for anti trust laws and also monopoly.
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#18414250 - 06/13/13 03:35 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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By your logic, this double facepalm is actually just one big, rightfully earned facepalm.
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: MrShroom]
#18414278 - 06/13/13 03:38 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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MrShroom said: Bill Gates has IBM family members.
That is so totally not the same thing as ownership, dude.
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Mary Maxwell Gates (July 5, 1929 – June 10, 1994) was an American businesswoman. Gates served 18 years (1975–1993) on the University of Washington board of regents. She was the first female president of King County’s United Way, the first woman to chair the national United Way’s executive committee where she served most notably with IBM's CEO, John Opel, and the first woman on the First Interstate Bank of Washington's board of directors. Mary's son Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft.
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: MrShroom] 2
#18414398 - 06/13/13 04:01 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Is Bill Gates owned by his mother?
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BlindSophist said: Is Bill Gates owned by his mother?
His Mom is dead. Microsoft is a IBM company in disguise. They have a complete monopoly.
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: MrShroom] 1
#18414480 - 06/13/13 04:16 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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I always thought it was weird that you are (or at least should be, it's hard to tell from the content of your posts) 26 years of age and then go on to post threads like this.
Are you so bored and lonely that you just wanted to initiate discussion with someone?
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: MrShroom]
#18414516 - 06/13/13 04:22 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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MrShroom said:
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BlindSophist said: Is Bill Gates owned by his mother?
His Mom is dead. Microsoft is a IBM company in disguise. They have a complete monopoly.
The fact that his mom is dead has nothing to do with the ridiculous logic you're trying to shove into my brain, which is that familial bonds are tantamount to business partnerships. Gates had an advantage because he has family in the IT business, is what you're trying to say. To say that MS = IBM is hyperbole.
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With that kind of patience, you should teach my dog how to use to toilet.
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MrShroom said:
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BlindSophist said: Is Bill Gates owned by his mother?
His Mom is dead. Microsoft is a IBM company in disguise. They have a complete monopoly.
The fact that his mom is dead has nothing to do with the ridiculous logic you're trying to shove into my brain, which is that familial bonds are tantamount to business partnerships. Gates had an advantage because he has family in the IT business, is what you're trying to say. To say that MS = IBM is hyperbole.
You didn't know his mom was dead, so how could she own him. Grow a brain.
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: MrShroom] 3
#18414874 - 06/13/13 05:28 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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This thread sucks.
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Re: Microsoft is actually IBM [Re: MrShroom]
#18414877 - 06/13/13 05:28 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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