• corvi
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    6 months ago

    Also, Seattle should be a reference to Microsoft. It seems IBM and Microsoft started an operating system collaboration in 1985, but somebody more knowledgeable is going to have to weigh in.

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      Microsoft was originally contracted by IBM to develop an operating system for PC. Yes, THE original IBM PC that gave PC it’s name. The IBM PC/DOS {and MSDOS} are basically results of this (they completed with CP/M and DR-DOS).

      Microsoft and IBM had a partnership on PC operating systems until they parted with IBM OS/2 and Windows NT

      I’m typing all of this from memory so go to Wikipedia for accurate shit

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        And IBM asked for Microsoft to do the operating system because they had just survived an anti trust trial, and didn’t dare release a system with their own OS for fear of reigniting the anti trust case

        Otherwise PCs would have shipped with Unix

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          Considering the hardware of the PC, fat chance Unix would run. They’d have to make a very cut down somewhat unix- resembling OS