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Gary skipped the meeting with IBM, sending his wife in his place while he spent the day flying his private airplane. She fucked up the negotiations. Even with that, CP/M was available from IBM along side with Microsoft's PCDOS. Stupid thing is that due to demands from the Kildalls for higher royalties, the CP/M option was several extra hundred dollars so most customers went with the less expensive PCDOS option. Because of the huge difference in sales, IBM eventually made PCDOS the standard option and CP/M a special customization.
Gary放了IBM的鸽子,让老婆代他去开会,自己开私人飞机玩了一天。她把谈判搞砸了。即便如此,IBM还是跟微软的PCDOS一起提供CP/M。蠢就蠢在Kildall夫妇要求更高的版税,CP/M选项贵了好几百美元,大多数客户都选了更便宜的PCDOS。因为销量差距巨大,IBM最后把PCDOS定为标准选项,CP/M变成了特殊定制。
While generally an affable guy on the Computer Chronicles, Gary had a prickly personality that eventually got him killed when he mouthed off at a motorcycle gang about their shit taste in bikes. In business, that personality often cost him deals. Gates, being a little beta fag, was far easier to deal with at that time. But like most little beta fags, he didn't know how to use power ethically, so when Microsoft became a success, he turned into a little tyrant. Even today he acts like a beta fag. No amount of money can change that (just look at Elon Musk, who was bullied as a kid and still acts like a fag when he gets any power).
Gary在《计算机编年史》里一般看起来挺和善,但他性格很别扭,最后死于对一伙飞车党吐槽他们选的摩托太烂。做生意时,这种性格经常让他丢掉生意。盖茨那时候是个小怂包,反而更好打交道。但跟大多数小怂包一样,他不知道怎么正当使用权力,所以微软成功后,他就变成了小暴君。就算到今天他还是那副怂样。多少钱都改不了这点(看看Elon Musk,小时候被霸凌,现在一有权就还是一副怂样)。