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First of i want to say I am not 100% on all these facts but I have done a fair amount of research so bear with me. My research found out that Tim Paterson made 86-Dos for a company he was working. That company sold it off to Bill Gates for a very very very very very very very very very very low price. Paul Allen himself was more of the Architect of Windows than Bill was. Bill was more of the business man who out muscled the competition, go figure a skinny guy would be the muscle lol, no pun intended.
If you have any questions I will be glad to answer them. I'll be here all day.
You just found this out - LOL. Why don't you go to your local library and get the DVD Triumph of the Nerds, a PBS special from 1996.
Tim Paterson worked for Seattle Data Systems and he himself ripped off CP/M. M$haft paid $50,000 and said voila! to IBM.
The only reason you know of M$haft is that GAry Kildall's wife was a dumb fucking cunt. Kildall wrote CP/M and Bill Gates actually told IBM they should go talk to Kildall about an O/S for their PC. Kildall's wife didn't want to sign IBM's CDA and they went back to Seattle --- which shocked Gates.