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Jim,

You can't blame MS for the backslashes. MS bought DOS outright for $50K
from Seattle Computer Products, and it came with backslashes. Earlier that
week, IBM executives flew to Albuquerque to talk with Gary Kildall about
buying CP/M, but he was too busy flying his plane to meet with them, so
they continued their journey to Seattle to see Bill Gates. Bill didn't even
own an OS at that moment, but knew of Seattle's product, and drove over to
see them. He offered $50K for DOS and they accepted. His (Bill's) genius
was in doing the deal with IBM for a piece of the sales of the IMB-PC. *That
* was genius.

A.