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To: HerbVic who wrote (33516)	5/31/2002 1:17:13 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) of 213177

IBM first contacted Gary Kildall about using his CP/M microcomputer operating system, which Kildall copyrighted in May 1976, for the Acorn. However, Kildall was not interested, so IBM went to Bill Gates. IBM didn't know it, but Microsoft had no operating system to sell them. The devil is in the lack of details. Why did Dr. Kildall turn a cold sholder to IBM? Why did IBM turn to a complete unknown KID, not yet graduated from Harvard? I believe that Kildall was not impressed with IBM and made the reps wait. The reps were used to being treated like they were gods from a higher empire and were offended. They thought they would be able to find another OS else where. I believe they may even have left without actually seeing Kildall. Bill was willing to wait and was even differential to Kildall.

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