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Re: The Key to Mark Shuttleworth's Success Was Linux

amicus_curious wrote:

You are suggesting that IBM would not have contacted Microsoft but for Bill Gates' mother? That is an urban legend in the computer world that is totally without any basis in fact. I am surprised at your naivety. What twisted contract do you reference?

"IBM came to Microsoft, because Bill Gates Mom (Mary Gates) and IBM's executive (Akers) were both in a charity together (United Way?), and Mary said that IBM should check out what her son had to offer. Before you knew it, the little rogue unit in IBM creating the PC was told to give "Mary's boy Bill" a call -- and soon after the DOS deal was signed. Microsoft did get the contract, and Microsoft did convince them to do a royalty thing"

http://www.mackido.com/History/PiratesOfSiliconValley.html
http://www.virtualaltair.com/virtualaltair.com/mits0026.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Maxwell_Gates

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do you even piss straight ..

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