Re: A very basic printing question re XY3

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

> There is a famous story (apocryphal ?) about how Kildall was offered the
> opportunity to create DOS, but turned it down.


No, it was a lot more complicated than that (and there is dispute between
rival accounts). See:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall

>  If true, HE could have been Bill Gates, rather than Patricia's favorite
> bogeyman. How might the computing landscape be different today, had he
> not made the wrong decision ? (I've always been interested in the way
> history could shift, with just one altered decision or small fork in the
> road.) IIRC, Kildall died young in some tragic accident.







Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx