Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 21, 2003 01:57 AM
As to Microsoft building DOS from scratch, they didn't. I don't know the full story, hoever Microsoft apparently bought at least part of the code from Seattle Computers - or at least it has been publically claimed that they did.
However they were also sued by Digital Research for stealing the CP/M source code and basing DOS on this. Microsoft lost the case when the head of DR managed to get a fresh install of DOS to show a DR trademark - the judge regards this as proof that MS had stole the code.
So DR won the lawsuit, and that's why they were allowed to publish their own version od DOS. There was a gag order put on the case, which is why it is not widely documented.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 21, 2003 01:57 AMAs to Microsoft building DOS from scratch, they didn't. I don't know the full story, hoever Microsoft apparently bought at least part of the code from Seattle Computers - or at least it has been publically claimed that they did.
However they were also sued by Digital Research for stealing the CP/M source code and basing DOS on this. Microsoft lost the case when the head of DR managed to get a fresh install of DOS to show a DR trademark - the judge regards this as proof that MS had stole the code.
So DR won the lawsuit, and that's why they were allowed to publish their own version od DOS. There was a gag order put on the case, which is why it is not widely documented.
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