http://noodlescape.com/the-man-who-could-have-been-richer-than-bill-gates/ Noodlescape is a group of blogs with topics that range from gaming to programming. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:24:55 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://noodlescape.com/the-man-who-could-have-been-richer-than-bill-gates/#comment-6817 droff Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:24:55 +0000 http://noodlescape.com/?p=1290#comment-6817 Hey kirk pay attention to the deal "The deal killer with IBM was that they wanted to buy CP/M for a flat $200,000 plus a $10 royalty and they wanted to change the name to PC-DOS." So thats 200k plus a $10 royalty per unit sold. Hmmmm $1B...no problem. Hey kirk pay attention to the deal “The deal killer with IBM was that they wanted to buy CP/M for a flat $200,000 plus a $10 royalty and they wanted to change the name to PC-DOS.” So thats 200k plus a $10 royalty per unit sold. Hmmmm $1B…no problem.

]]> http://noodlescape.com/the-man-who-could-have-been-richer-than-bill-gates/#comment-1561 kirk Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:34:21 +0000 http://noodlescape.com/?p=1290#comment-1561 The evidence suggests that a better title would be "The Man Who Might Have Lived to Age 53" since the most he would have made from the IBM deal was $200,000. Even if invested in Intel (or Microsoft) stock he would have never gotten $1B. The evidence suggests that a better title would be “The Man Who Might Have Lived to Age 53″ since the most he would have made from the IBM deal was $200,000. Even if invested in Intel (or Microsoft) stock he would have never gotten $1B.

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