Re: MS Excel Working As Designed

On Jan 18, 2025 at 5:05:50 PM EST, "Physfitfreak" <physfitfreak@gmail.com>
wrote:
 

I think those Capones even killed the developer of what they copied
their DOS from. The Capones were afraid he'll one day, this time
successfully, sue them when court of law will get better adjusted to new
tech realities.

 Absolute nonsense.
 Microsoft BOUGHT 86-DOS from Tim Paterson (Seattle Computer Products) for
$25,000 in 1981. Microsoft also hired Tim.  86-DOS was a port of CP/M
(Z80/8080 CPU) to the 8086/8088 CPU used in the IBM-PC. 86-DOS became MS-DOS.
 At the time, CP/M was the standard. IBM first approached Digital Research for
CP/M for the PC, but Gary Kildall was not smart enough to recognize an
opportunity knocking on his door. IBM then approached Microsoft for a DOS,
because MS was already supplying the BASIC programming language.  Bill Gates
quickly agreed, even though they had NOTHING at that point.
 This is all well known history.