Weblog:	Guy Kawasaki about Technology Evangelism
Subject:	Speaking of smart successful bozo's ...
Date:	2006-12-13 16:08:21
From:	David Halitsky  Business Card
... it's a surprisingly little-known fact that Bill's Mom had some heavy-hitting friends on IBM's BofD and that this MIGHT have had just a LITTLE to do with MS-DOS being selected for IBM's first try at a working PC ...

Previous Message Next Message  Showing messages 1 through 3 of 3. Titles Only Main Topics Oldest First Speaking of ... 2006-12-14 13:53:43 Mark Finnern  Business Card [Reply] For me the saddest story I read this year about the early Microsoft days was told by Robert Cringly: Prisoner of Redmond: Yet Another Way Paul Allen Isn't Like You or Me Best, Mark. Speaking of smart successful bozo's ... 2006-12-14 00:45:07 Craig Cmehil  Business Card [Reply] RUMORS!!!!! Come one now let's not spread rumors - although there is a funny one about a company moving from AS400 to the Windows NT platform and after move there 20 or servers to well over 2500 NT servers they went back - guess MS didn't have as powerful a server as they thought - BUT IT'S JUST A RUMOR. Funny if true ;-) Craig - I'm really sorry - let me rephrase ... 2006-12-14 06:08:40 David Halitsky Business Card [Reply] ... it's a surprisingly little-known URBAN LEGEND that Bill's Mom had some heavy-hitting friends on IBM's BofD and that this MIGHT have had just a LITTLE to do with MS-DOS being selected for IBM's first try at a working PC ... Showing messages 1 through 3 of 3.

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