The man who could have been Bill Gates

Brian McCullough on his YouTube Internet History Podcast channel has a very interesting podcast about the history of CP/M and PC-DOS/MS-DOS. CP/M could have been the dominant 16 bit OS for IBM PC's instead of DOS, during the debut of IBM's 5150 Personal Computer.

The man who could have been Bill Gates Podcast

What Was CP/M, and Why Did It Lose to MS-DOS?

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