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Re: Alex Jones claims Microsoft is a front for IBM

* Rex Ballard peremptorily fired off this memo:

> Eventually, an audit revealed that Bill Gates had personally ordered
> the embezzlement of about 3 billion from IBM.  IBM was getting charged
> for Windows developers, and Gates personally ordered the Windows teams
> to use OS/2 code that had been designed and developed on IBM's dime,
> often with IBM's engineering help.

Well, Bill had apparently gotten used to using Harvard computer time to
run his nascent business.

Embezzlement may be too strong a word; Wikipedia has a different take:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2#Breakup

   IBM grew concerned about the delays in development of OS/2 2.0 and
   the diversion of IBM funds earmarked for OS/2 development towards
   Windows[citation needed]. Initially, the companies agreed that IBM
   would take over maintenance of OS/2 1.0 and development of OS/2 2.0,
   while Microsoft would continue development of OS/2 3.0. In the end,
   Microsoft decided to recast NT OS/2 3.0 as Windows NT, leaving all
   future OS/2 development to IBM. 

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