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The Early Hardware and Software Suppliers 70 Computer Connections
CHAPTER 7 Digital Research The Early Days of Digital Research Digital Research started operation in 1976. It was named "Intergalactic Digital Research," because a consultant up in Sausalito held claim to the name "Digital Research." The "Intergalactic" was stuck there by Demi Moore, a creative assistant to our corporate counsel, Gerry Davis. We got the real name back when the consultant went out of business two years after. The first CP/M Version 1.3 was a cheap piece of software, upped at $70. That was dirt cheap when compared to mainframe software priced in the thousands. Most computer software buffs were astonished. But, CP/M set standards in small computer pricing. And, customers liked it. Well, most liked it. On occasion, we'd get a call in customer service like this. "Any piece of software selling for $70 can't be any good ... bzzzzzzz ... " God, it would be great if customers still had that attitude. Nowadays, $70 is a highprice. For 70 bucks, the average consumer expects integrated graphics, fax, voice mail, e-mail, data connections to all services, with a two-year no-cost warrantee, and then they make you toss in CD-ROM support with the $1 bonus coupon offer. Computer Connections 71
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