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To: ToySoldier who wrote (11666)	10/22/1998 5:07:00 PM
From: keithsha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Like all of Toy's mistruths, one can only wonder if they are borne of ignorance, malice or both. At the time IBM selected MS-DOS, DR-DOS did not exsist. Digital Research was selling CPM at the time. Keithsha

To: ToySoldier who wrote (11666)	10/22/1998 5:17:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Toy - End of History Lesson. You need to brush up on your history a little. The era you are referring to was years after the period I was discussing, 1981-84. The project to develop DR DOS was not even begun until after CPQ did the key compatibility work in '83. Geoworks was later yet. A better example would have been the early NOVL work, which went right against the machine, as did much of the Quarterdeck work, but these also lagged the initial PC launch by several years. I assume you are familiar with the early days at NOVL... Frankly, none of these initiatives would have had a chance for success if MSFT and a few key OEMs like CPQ had not broken the IBM lock and opened up the market. Those outfits you mention would have been limited to the other existing open platforms, much as digital research had been doing before with CP/M. Those platforms disappeared like smoke on a windy day after the launch of the PC.