C20: from M ( icro ) s ( oft ), the company that developed it, + DOS
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The smart move was that Gates gave IBM a really cheap deal but retained the right to sell the software to IBM's rivals as Microsoft MS DOS.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2014
The Xerox software is MS DOS based and utilizes off-the shelf programs such as Microsoft Windows and Wang Image Wizard.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
But IBM did license its MS-DOS operating system for the 1981 PC, figuring it might sell 200,000 units over the life of the product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
It reminded me of one of my all-time favorites, the MS-DOS game Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?.
From The Verge ● Jul. 14, 2022
Microsoft and Apple have their own disk formatting systems, but Apple can read MS-DOS, while Windows cannot read any Apple file systems.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
Thanks to the creators of DOSBox, I still get to enjoy the MS-DOS games I played 20 years ago that took up big portions of the 40-megabyte hard drive on my old 286 PC.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2017
The MS-DOS program | | is small, fast, and is superior for searches in DOS text files.|
From The Online World by De Presno, Odd
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