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feb 18, 1980 - MS - Dos

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IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC. The pair buy the rights to a simple operating system. Manufactured by Seattle COmputer Products and use it as a template. IBM allows the two to keep the marketing rights to the operating system, called DOS.

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feb 18, 1980
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~ 45 years ago

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