John Bull on Nostr: nprofile1q…ftwlf nprofile1q…hlxtq they bought QDOS and it became MS DOS whivh ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqu36unh8numuwc65pt0se4secnfll5th2t9458uw4xy05xsak7c4qgftwlf (nprofile…twlf) nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqyafpcskrxd6kr9609m5nq89wyxn7p0gz06xauxujvt8j9s7lpn3skhlxtq (nprofile…lxtq) they bought QDOS and it became MS DOS whivh they offered to IBM.
They developed that into PC DOS.
The deal they had with IBM was that they were allowed to sell MS DOS to the Clones, but it had to be ringfenced development from PC DOS.
So now you had two code streams.
Compaq licensed the PRE-FORK MS DOS to make their OWN version, and managed closer compatibility with PC DOS.
Gates realised this. Quietly gave up on non-PC DOS, and sold Compaq DOS to other clones as MS DOS.
They developed that into PC DOS.
The deal they had with IBM was that they were allowed to sell MS DOS to the Clones, but it had to be ringfenced development from PC DOS.
So now you had two code streams.
Compaq licensed the PRE-FORK MS DOS to make their OWN version, and managed closer compatibility with PC DOS.
Gates realised this. Quietly gave up on non-PC DOS, and sold Compaq DOS to other clones as MS DOS.