[AU72]

I heard he bought MsDOS for $10,000.

IBM's lawyers told them not to own MSDOS to avoid possible liability issues if it crashes.

[Moonman62]

IBM’s lawyers told them not to own MSDOS to avoid possible liability issues if it crashes.

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I hadn’t heard of that, but it was an incredible break for MS that they retained ownership and that IBM used off the shelf components that allowed the clone market to take off.

[DiogenesLamp]

IBM's lawyers told them not to own MSDOS to avoid possible liability issues if it crashes.

So the lawyers are the ones that F***ed the whole thing up?