I have completed an MBA. This question is a thesis question requiring a well researched and heavily cited answer in essay form. I don't have time to formulate an outline, to do the research, and then to come up with a point by point dissertation with a presentation and a salient conclusion. This is not the forum for that anyway.
In short, my understanding of the history of DOS is different than what you describe. It calls for an informed debate which I respectfully decline.
I have no special insight or experiential information on this topic. Any information I could find you can find. But thank you for noticing and responding to my post.
@240B It doesn't matter if you are a direct descendant of Aristotle or one of his homies,or a borderline retard. Neither has ANY relation to the accomplishments or the failures of others. Truth is truth,regardless of the source.
Which is why I "ASKED" instead of declared.
All I know is what I remember reading years,maybe even decades ago,and that is the guy who created DOS was in a VERY early "Computer Club" with Bill Gates,and sold Gates the rights to DOS. Gates,in return,sold the rights to DOS to IBM in a bit of insider trading because the rumor was that his father was a senior IBM executive,which gave him an inside advantage.
Nothing illegal about it AFAIK,just another day of insider trading,which is all about buying low and selling high.
The only thing that irked/irks me about this deal is that somehow Gates got the credit for creating DOS,and all he did was buy it cheap and sell it high,thanks to insider trading with his father.
IIRC,the story I read about all this years ago,the friend/person Gates bought DOS from was named "John McAfee",and he did alright in the computer world on his own,and is not exactly a poverty case.
Still,it galls me that Gates gets all the credit for creating DOS (a MAJOR advance for mankind) ,and all he did was buy it with Daddy's money and then sell it to Daddy's "Heap Big MoFo Company" for a huge profit.
If you don't like this,I don't care. If you DO like it,I don't care. I am NOT responsible for your ego or mood swings.