peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (09/23/87)
In article <1601@gryphon.CTS.COM>, richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: > In article <707@sugar.UUCP> I say: > >IBM legitimised nothing. As usual, they took over an existing market. > >-- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter > > But but but... > > CP/M was just an operating system. It ran on all sorts or > different hardware, 8080's, Z-80's, 8" drives, 5" drives, > S-100 busses, STD bus ets. Which meant that most software for CP/M had to be well behaved. Which meant you could get CP/M hardware from an Apple-II up to multiuser systems. There were even CP/Mulators for UNIX and VMS. I guess it boils down to: I see this as an feature, not a bug. > IBM offered a one-stop solution. It may suck dead gerbils through > a dirty garden hose, but it seems to suit most peoples needs. Cromemco also offered a one-stop solution. So did Televideo. They all sold a complete system and carried the popular packages. Which is much more than IBM did. -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter -- 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today?