There’s a $200k reward for anyone who proves Microsoft ripped off MS-DOS source code
Aug08
Rumor has it that Microsoft copied CP/M to create the first version of MS-DOS for the IBM PC. These rumors have been put to rest on numerous occasions, but consultant Bob Zeidman — who himself found no evidence DOS was copied — isn’t ready to let it die. In 2012, Zeidman used forensic software tools to analyze the code. He found no evidence it was copied and reported his findings in a piece titled ‘Did Bill Gates Steal the Heart of DOS?‘. Since that analysis, Microsoft donated a previously unavailable piece of source code from MS-DOS to the Computer History…
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