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by chasil 416 days ago
What is interesting to consider is if Dave Cutler had not been available or otherwise did not choose Microsoft in 1988.

Would Microsoft have adapted BSD NET/1 as Apple eventually did, instead of continuing OS/2?

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What's interesting is that Cutler said in an interview that initially he talked to Gates but wasn't interested until Ballmer swayed him in.

with a few minutes of pretext: https://youtu.be/xi1Lq79mLeE?t=3224