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0 pointsmiohtama8h ago0 comments

At this stage, was Microsoft already a well-established company if they had money and resources to contract and then license the 86-DOS?

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fredoralive2h ago

Yes, Microsoft had established themselves as supplier of BASIC interpreters to most of the US microcomputer manufacturers. There initial contact with IBM was to provide a version of Microsoft BASIC for the new computer.

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