From: noemail@basdxcqvbe.com   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:30:23 -0700 (PDT)   
   Joe Monk  wrote:   
      
   > > IBM was giving away their operating systems for free,   
   > > that's right, free, until someone put a gun to their head   
   > > and told them to start charging something.   
   >   
   > That's not what happened.   
   >   
   > "The costs of developing the System/360 operating system software had   
   > proved a major trauma for the company, and seemed to foreshadow still   
   > further cost increases.   
      
   Wrong scenario?  I think IBM DOS on a PC ...   
      
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   "reunification" but "revenge".   
      
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