Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!exodus-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: How wrong is MS-DOS? Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 91 20:10:57 GMT References: <1991Jan02.035501.9457@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> <14900021@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> <1991Jan6.183213.27136@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <331@bria> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 21 ... be fair. MS-DOS was designed to be CP/M compatable (initially) and ... MSDOS wasn't designed to be CP/M compatible, it was CP/M derived. Recall... a) cp/m 1.4 ships and becomes mature (ready to become 2.x) b) seattle computer co. builds an 8086 board, needs OS buys 1.4 sources (and rights) and ports to x86 c) microsoft buys the port and rights There was a dispute a couple of years back if (c) included rights to 8088, 80286, etc. and was settled out of court. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Keith H. Bierman kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM | khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM SMI 2550 Garcia 12-33 | (415 336 2648) Mountain View, CA 94043