Subj : Re: Early PCs
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Apr 24 2024 09:57:15

  Re: Re: Early PCs
  By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Apr 24 2024 09:44 am

 > Also, I remember hearing about a lawsuit against Microsoft because they
 > apparently used code from another product (I believe it was Stacker) for
 > their DoubleSpace disk compression software.  Microsoft removed DoubleSpace
 > in MS-DOS 6.21, and then added DriveSpace in MS-DOS 6.22, from what I
 > recall.

Yep, they did the old brain-drain thing. Start talks to acquire STAC, and while in negotiation, snarf enough data on the product to create your own product. 

If I'm not mistaken, DriveSpace was essentially DoubleSpace 2.0, with improvements and the STAC-suspicious code removed. Microsoft gets a jump on their 1.0 product, pays a slap on the wrist to STAC, then kills the marketplace with their own free product. Sounds Familiar...
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