| From: | Armin |
| Date: | 25 Jul 2001 at 17:19:50 |
| Subject: | Re: Codecs, et. al. (Was: RealAudio) |
On 25-Jul-2001, at 10:57:10, Don Cox wrote:
> The BIOS in early PCs was almost identical to the
> cp/m BIOS, which was well known and published.
> As time went on, more functions were added.
Contrary to the MS myth, IBM initially had licences
for using both OSes with their new PCs, so maybe the
original BIOS was designed to work with both OSes?
One reason why CP/M did not become the prefered OS,
although in widespread use at the time,
was the much higher cost of installing CP/M.
With hindsight one could say that IBM neutralized
Digital Research by also negotiating a licence for
CP/M, and that DR's lawyers were not clever enough
to include into the contract a clause commiting IBM
to offer CP/M at no higher cost than any other OS.
Regards,
Armin
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