They weren’t the first movers. They just managed to get IBM to sign with them after BASIC proved not to be IBMs long term version and CP/M struck out from any disk OS talks (though stories differ about exactly how that interaction went)
Microsoft didn’t even have an OS when they made that deal with IBM.
Hence why I said they’re good at negotiating with businesses.
Being first to market is actually less important than people think it is. It’s just history tends to remember the victors so everyone assumes they were first to market.
Microsoft didn’t even have an OS when they made that deal with IBM.
Hence why I said they’re good at negotiating with businesses.
Being first to market is actually less important than people think it is. It’s just history tends to remember the victors so everyone assumes they were first to market.