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[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Was that bill gates just to make one of the first incompatibilities in a long long run?

[-] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

DOS originally didn't even support directories but was using / for command line arguments. They didn't want to change the option character and break stuff so they went with \ as the directory separator.

DOS wasn't originally created by Microsoft. They bought the OS from computer shop in Seattle.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the info, didn't know that (I did know they bought DOS)!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

This is a great video about the launch of Windows 95, that covers the history of DOS at the beginning: https://youtu.be/0Ol8ZSE-PEk. Worth watching if you're interested in the history.

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