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Operating system written at Seattle Computer Products; bought by Microsoft and shipped with the IBM PC as PC DOS.

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1980

86-DOS. Operating system written at Seattle Computer Products; bought by Microsoft and shipped with the IBM PC as PC DOS.

1980

Seattle Computer Products developed 86-DOS.

1981

Microsoft acquired 86-DOS. $50,000.

Licensed in December 1980 for $25,000; all rights bought the next summer for a further $50,000.

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