rwa@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Ross Alexander) (12/31/89)
rec@dg.dg.com (Robert Cousins) writes: >On a slightly different note, since we are talking about ancient history, >what was the name of the guy at Seattle Computer who wrote MS-DOS before >it was sold to Microsoft? J. Gordon Letwin, I think. He wrote big chunks of HDOS as well. -- Ross Alexander, (403) 675 6311 rwa@aungbad.AthabascaU.CA
gordonl@microsoft.UUCP (Gordon LETWIN) (01/04/90)
In article <1348@atha.AthabascaU.CA>, rwa@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Ross Alexander) writes: > rec@dg.dg.com (Robert Cousins) writes: > >On a slightly different note, since we are talking about ancient history, > >what was the name of the guy at Seattle Computer who wrote MS-DOS before > >it was sold to Microsoft? > > J. Gordon Letwin, I think. He wrote big chunks of HDOS as well. > > -- > Ross Alexander, (403) 675 6311 rwa@aungbad.AthabascaU.CA Actually, it was Tim Patterson. He's still at Microsoft. I didn't have anything to do with the early DOS code. I got involved in later releases of DOS and OS/2. I did write all of the initial release of HDOS; after I left Heath other folks there - particularly Greg Chandler - made significant enhancements in subsequent releases. Gordon Letwin Microsoft