What if IBM had gone exclusive?
Jim Kerstetter of CNet News has an interesting "what if" story on this question: What if IBM had held exclusive rights to the PC in 1981?
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Jim Kerstetter of CNet News has an interesting "what if" story on this question: What if IBM had held exclusive rights to the PC in 1981?
Technorati Tags: speculation
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Other possibilities
[Peter Fisk] August 7, 2006 9:23:25.666
The PBS special "Triumph of the Nerds" showed another possibility.
Before talking to Gates, two IBM execs went to Pacific Grove, CA to license CP/M from Gary Kildare. He was "too busy" to meet with them, and so they flew to Seattle to talk to Microsoft. Gates purchased QDOS (a CP/M clone) from another company for $50,000, and was able to offer IBM the complete BASIC/QDOS solution. And the rest is history.