Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[phoenyx <phoenyx@texas.net>]

ICS Softy wrote:

> >How did Apple get a copyright from Microsoft
> >for Applesoft basic. On my //c (march 1984 / pre mac) there is a microsoft
> >registration marker. The show made it sound like Apple didn't even deal with
> >Microsoft until the Mac.
> >
>
> The part when the morning after Gates ran the bulldozer into Paul Allen's
> Corvair, he was talking about Apple's offer of $21K to license a version of
> Microsoft's BASIC to them.  I took this was for Applesoft.
>
> Larry :)

I might have missed a few things. I was writing a program for the Apple II while

watching the show. I knew the real details but the movie didn't seem to give a
real feeling for the relationship between Apple and Microsoft.

Phoenyx

Ps: I'll try and put a binscii versaion of my program here. Just finished 1.0