Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

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wildstar128 wrote:

> "Exegete" <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote in message
> 3E2BFFC7.6070609@noneofyourbusiness.com">news:3E2BFFC7.6070609@noneofyourbusiness.com...
> > No
> >
> > The makers of CP/M-86 made a later made
> > > something called DR-DOS.
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > And it ran MS-DOS software, not CP/M software.
> >
> > Roy
>
> Thanks for the clarification. From what I understood - MS-DOS is based on
> CP/M. Then went there own directions from that point on. Then again - Billy
> was being himself.

What become known as MS-DOS was developed by a small outfit called,IIRC,
Seattle Computing.  I remember reading an interview with one of the SC people
who stated thier goal was to develop a cp/m-like system for 16-bit computers.
Then M$ swooped in, bought them them out, and the rest is history.
-Ron