Re: W95 a "kick ass" game platform was Re: Win95: Been there, done that.

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From: dk... Dave Kapp
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 00:00

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In message .2FFB...@sos.net> .2FFB...@sos.net> . - a...@ix.netcom.com (Alexand
er O. Norris ) writes:
:>
:>In <mpowell.32...@sos.net> mpo...@sos.net (Mike Powell) writes:
:>
:>
:>>Yup, 'Ol Bill *BOUGHT* MSDOS from another company, did little more
:>than
:>>change the name, and then licensed it to IBM for a fortune. Then
:>didn't 
:>>renew IBM's license agreement and took off with co-produced work under
:>>his arm.
:>>
:>>
:>-------hey Mike, what the hell are you talking about???? Bill Gates
:>bought MS??? Hah, more like he co-founded it.  When the other partner
:>(i don't know his name offhand) became ill with Perkinson's (i think,
:>but maybe Alzheimer's), Bill took over.  He was with MS ALL ALONG,
:>stupid dumbass!

Alex, check your newsreader; it seems to be dropping characters. What Mike 
said was that Bill and his company Microsoft (MS) *bought* the operating 
system now known as Microsoft DOS (MSDOS). This is well known and is one of 
many examples of Gates' business savvy.



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