Thats it (according to Balmer, and Jack Sams who is the IBM exec that went to Di...

acomjean on June 6, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gary Kildall

Thats it (according to Balmer, and Jack Sams who is the IBM exec that went to Digital Research to license it). IBM thought they could licence CP/M from microsoft. MS couldn't license CP/M and sent Jack to the Digital Research house. It was awkward. (Triumph of the Nerds Documentary episode 2 18 minutes in)