Comments on: How DOS came to be IBM’s choice of operating system https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-dos-came-to-be-ibms-choice-of-operating-system-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-dos-came-to-be-ibms-choice-of-operating-system-2 David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-dos-came-to-be-ibms-choice-of-operating-system-2/#comment-443 Sat, 22 Feb 2003 07:53:22 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1050#comment-443 Dave –

Thanks MUCH for finally doing a definitive debunk of this popular Urban Legend. I have long suspected it to be too good to be true, but have never had the authoritative, documented version of the story.

Regards,

JHR
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[JHR@WarlockLtd.com]

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-dos-came-to-be-ibms-choice-of-operating-system-2/#comment-442 Sat, 22 Feb 2003 03:32:06 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1050#comment-442 Wow! Thanks for this, Dave. I remember GEM too, and I always preferred it… and never understood why everyone was using Win 3.1. Meanwhile, I ran GEM and DOS – because Win 3.1 and GEM just weren’t enough for me to get away from the command line.

Command lines make life so much easier. Well, for me anyway. 🙂

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