The story on the Bill Gates and IBM and CP/M is fine except for one thing. I have talked personally with Gray Kildal(sp?) and his wife and they will tell you just how it all happened. Gary thought he had a written signed contract with IBM. Gary is now dead and so he cannot give his side any longer, but he always said he was not the type to sue anyone for any reason. Gary came to talk to the Pinellas County PC User Group a long time ago. (as I understand it, the two fellows that Gates bought DOS from used CP/M as a base for their work, sure sounded to me like a good reason to sue and win. Our Government sued and won, and now the EU is suing and France is proposing legislation against Microsoft. Strange world we live in. Don Patzsch Brandon, Florida --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org