> Whatever the truth of the matter, it seems clear that QDOS got a real head start thanks to the existence of CP/M.
He actually attacks that notion head on in the blog, if you'd bothered to read that far. Basically he says that they needed an API and he thought using an existing one would pull developers in. If someone would have sued them right away they would have just changed the API--they weren't really wedded to it and it's not the most important part of the OS.
He also claims that if CP/M did anything it was that it proved that a "real" OS could be run on a microcomputer.
He actually attacks that notion head on in the blog, if you'd bothered to read that far. Basically he says that they needed an API and he thought using an existing one would pull developers in. If someone would have sued them right away they would have just changed the API--they weren't really wedded to it and it's not the most important part of the OS.
He also claims that if CP/M did anything it was that it proved that a "real" OS could be run on a microcomputer.
Frankly, that all seems reasonable to me.