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[+] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe at some point in the far past, certainly before Linus started Linux, if ever.

    The Halloween Documents tell us it wasn't this century.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    No, they were dishonest even when Bill Gates was first negotiating with IBM to develop PC-DOS for the IBM PC. They made a deal and then turned around and bought 86-DOD/QDOS from Seattle Computer Products for $50,000.

    SCP later successfully sued Microsoft for concealing their relationship with IBM which allowed them to buy QDOS far more cheaply than otherwise.

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