Ever wonder how it all got started...?  MS-DOS  Q-DOS  Did someone outsmart someone else...?


CP/M or MS-DOS...?  a Sad story, sad ending, for the guy who invented the Operating system, CP/M

Being the inventor isn't the key to success... knowing how to market is key.



This makes me think of Nikola Tesla.  Imagine his ideas being well marketed, where would we be today?

Quote from: Hoofer on May 27, 2021, 11:12:39 AMEver wonder how it all got started...?  MS-DOS  Q-DOS  Did someone outsmart someone else...?

CP/M or MS-DOS...?  a Sad story, sad ending, for the guy who invented the Operating system, CP/M

Sad he was killed, but not sure how the rest is sad.  Business, especially those days in that industry, is not for the faint of heart.

Quote from: Hoofer on May 27, 2021, 11:12:39 AMEver wonder how it all got started...?  MS-DOS  Q-DOS  Did someone outsmart someone else...?

CP/M or MS-DOS...?  a Sad story, sad ending, for the guy who invented the Operating system, CP/M

MS has never invented or developed any thing but that shitty little version of basic. All the rest since then been either bought or stolen.

Quote from: taxed on May 30, 2021, 09:52:31 PMSad he was killed, but not sure how the rest is sad.  Business, especially those days in that industry, is not for the faint of heart.

Or the people with a conscience - I would do MUCH BETTER, if I just hired a marketing company.

Quote from: dickfoster on May 31, 2021, 11:50:48 AMMS has never invented or developed any thing but that shitty little version of basic. All the rest since then been either bought or stolen.

MS-Basic was probably stolen or copied from several other Basics, P-Basic, Q-Basic, who knows.
I wrote & compiled a _LOT_ of MS-Basic code.  Still have it, and entire BBS in it.  It was one of the few programming languages that just handled "everything" I needed.  I could address COM ports directly, build and access databases in several different ways, it was quick, simple, and didn't require as much *time* to write/debug as C.   Bob Mahoney ran the other big BBS in Milwaukee, Exec PC, the big joke between us, our systems ran on CPM/80, but everyone thought we were running Windows... LOL

Quote from: Hoofer on May 31, 2021, 03:51:16 PMOr the people with a conscience - I would do MUCH BETTER, if I just hired a marketing company.

If who hired a marketing company?

Quote from: taxed on May 31, 2021, 07:43:42 PMIf who hired a marketing company?

My skill is in R&D, not in marketing.  My kids easily outsell me at HAMfests.  They say I need a website - I don't have the time to do that.  The kids don't do R&D, it's up to me to produce a new product annually to hold the customer base.  and on-and-on.  Kids are also getting older and moving out - so I'm losing my sales staff too!

Quote from: Hoofer on June 01, 2021, 07:55:16 AMMy skill is in R&D, not in marketing.  My kids easily outsell me at HAMfests.  They say I need a website - I don't have the time to do that.  The kids don't do R&D, it's up to me to produce a new product annually to hold the customer base.  and on-and-on.  Kids are also getting older and moving out - so I'm losing my sales staff too!

Oh, gotcha...