Re: OT -- suggestions to ensure nerdiness in potential IT

I taught a high school class to program Turbo Pascal running on CP/M. Now that was a program.

There was one kid in the class who knew way more about this stuff than I did.

They all got As.

>
> If I remember correctly, Microsoft bought QDOS from Seattle Computer Works
> for around $50k so they could have an O/S for IBM's first PC. I cannot
> remember the name of the guy who owned CP/M, but they would not sign IBM's
> non-disclosure agreement, and sent IBM to Gates. MS had nothing to lose
> so they signed and the rest is history.
>

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