How much did Microsoft pay for Dos?
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Nothing. MS wrote DOS.
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Absolutely not. Shareware isn't free, but it is normally handed out free for a certain period of time, or with limited features. Shareware always has a paying couterpart as opposed to Freeware that is, of course, completely free.\n\nWindows 98 is just like any other Windows. It's something that Microsoft requires that you pay for individually. They no longer sell or support it, and I can't imagine that they'd really care if you installed it on 1000 computers, but it will most likely never be Shareware.
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Good question, if phrased slightly incorrectly.  Bill Gates managed to sell the rights to an operating system to IBM way back in the day, that he didn't even have yet.  He paid a person in Washington state $50,000 for DOS and provided that to IBM.  That's how Microsoft was started.  Bill Gates never wrote a line of code in his life.\n\nIf your curious about this I suggest you watch Pirates of Silicon Valley, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/ which goes from Apple being on top to the beginnings of Microsoft and how Microsoft eventually climbed their way to the top.\n\nBut, Bill Gates started Microsoft on the basis of an operating system he didn't even have when he started it.
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can't tell you much about ME coz it was a total disaster for microsoft....as far i think that folder you hav't provided here enough details for me to come to a conclusion.
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If you are running any version of Windows from 98 on, then your computer does not have MS-DOS. It only has a command line interface that emulates DOS.
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It depends on the school.  Many schools especially ones with strong engineering/CS departments have relationships with Microsoft.  I got XP for $12 at my school
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How much does what cost?
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According to the 2005 Software 500, Software Magazine’s list of the world’s foremost software and services providers, the top 3 are as follows:\n\n($Million) \nRank:  1\nIBM \n$61,307.00($Million) \nwww.ibm.com\n\nRank:  2\nMicrosoft  \n$33,969.00 ($Million)\nwww.microsoft.com\n\nRank:  3\nEDS \n$20,669.00($Million)\nwww.eds.com
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Open it, install it, and let it run!!!! It is for a AOL YAHOO MICROSOFT contest where you get paid $500 cash for being gullible.
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when microsoft came about
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So how much did you get paid for me to click on that?
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Dawn of Pentium, mid-90s, era computer cost practically nothing. You just gotta find one. Second hand shops wouldn't bother with hardware that old. Best bet is maybe somebody who still has one laying around in the attic, or at yardsales.\n\nGood luck! An older computer with DOS really is a valuable learning tool. A much simpler and more comfortable environment to mess around with debug and the inner workings of a computer, without risking anything.
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I haven't played a DOS game since the first Doom but would it not be easier to install Windows98 and use the dos from there? Seems like hardware config in DOS would be nearly impossible.
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The population of the USA just reached 300 million and\nlast I heard Gates was worth 100 billion. So\n100 bil./300 mil.=$333 each
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just go to microsoft.com
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That's going to be pretty tough.  ME is still tied to DOS.  XP doesn't use it at all and that is part of the reason it's fast.  If you want to speed up your machine, install more memory or install XP.
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If your on Windows 95 or 98, nope its part of your PC. But when Windows Me, 2000 and XP came out MSDOS was scratched but still there. So you really cant get away from MSDOS. Infact if you look at Linux OS, you see its DOS core alot better than that of a Windows OS. Windows XP still has it DOS roots. Windows just makes it pretty for the users to look at. Linux is a bit more indepth.\n/ \n  /root\n  /dev\n  /usr\n  /etc\n  /home\n  /lib\n  /var\nand so on.