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David Rosenthal: belief

22 Apr 2024 Acquired Microsoft Volume I

“CP/M, which I think is maybe Control Program for Microprocessors, I think, is the abbreviation there.”

— David Rosenthal

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David Rosenthal
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
22 Apr 2024
Publisher
Acquired

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…Yup. CP/M, right? Exactly. CP/M, which I think is maybe Control Program for Microprocessors, I think, is the abbreviation there. God, they were so bad. Every single thing that's been named to this point, except for the company Microsoft, was a horrible name. The processor is 8008, and now it's 8080, but the machine is 8800, that the processor is inside. Give me a break, everyone. It's horrible naming.…

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