On 01/04/2017 06:05 PM, James Knott wrote:
BTW, in one of those Byte issues, there's an article by Gary Paterson, of Seattle Computer, who developed what he called Q-DOS, and intended it to be just a development system, while waiting for CP/M-86 to be released. This is what Bill Gates sold to IBM, before he actually owned it.
I also recall that Q-DOS stands for Quick & Dirty Operating System. Wasn't there something about the IBM people going to Gary Kindall (CP/M) first, but Gary kept them cooling their heels in the waiting room? They then went to see Bill Gates instead. Wow on the Byte collection! I remember the issue introducing UNIX with a drawing of a tool box on the cover, the drawers being all the ancillary programs (cat, grep, etc). I still think of that cover when talk here wanders into the realm of large monolithic programs that attempt to do everything. Where would we be now if Kindall actually welcomed the IBM guys? BTW, Jerry Pournelle is still alive. He was a regular on Leo Laporte's TWIT podcast, but I haven't heard him for a couple of years. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org