Indeed. So what then were you referring to? My response, as though it had been to you?
If you don’t even know what QDOS is, why did you respond with the holocaust denier reference? This is the internet, we have search engines here.
What's a "search engine?"
I responded because of the cultlike global assertion (recall the term "ripped off") -- but wait, that was to somneone else. What exactly is your problem?
(It's a rhetorical question, and rather than offer a smartass remark about online dictionaries, I'll just tell you that a "rhetorical question" is one the asker uses to make a point; he doesn't really want you to respond).
Perhaps you should read these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86-DOS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_timeline_1950-1979
“1979 USA IBM saw its computer market dominance being eaten into by the new personal computers, such as the Apple II and the Commodore PET. IBM therefore started work on their own personal computer. When finished, this computer was released as the IBM PC on 12 August 1981.”
No Apple II, no IBM PC.
No IBM PC, no Microsoft colossus.
No Microsoft colossus, MIT dropout Bill Gates ends up spending his life as a McDonalds manager. Or worse, middle manager at IBM selling terminals until the company dies.