My understanding of the events was that Gary Kildall refused to meet with the IBM suits, choosing to let his wife, Dorothy, deal with the business end of things. I remembered that Gordon Eubanks, founder of Symantec, had done a series of interview about the early days of the computer industry, so I looked around and found the relevant portion at http://www.maxframe.com/EUBANKS.HTM Jim Wingo *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 8/30/2001 at 7:10 PM Brian D. Plikaytis wrote: >I think a more accurate report of the IBM/Digital Research thing is that >the >CEO of Digital was on the golf course and unavailable when IBM came >calling. >IBM wanted to talk to the top dog who wasn't available. They left in a huff >and went to Gates. > - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.