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Both copied the command from Unix. Unix probably copied it from somewhere too.
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When Tim Patterson of Seattle Computer Products was originally contracted by Microsoft to write an operating system for the original IBM PC, he included the 'cd' command to change directories, probably owing to his previous Unix experience. However, we cannot blame Tim for any imperfections in Microsoft DOS or it's evolutionary descendants, the original Microsoft DOS was pulled from Tim long before he was finished with it by Microsoft's Bill Gates in order to demo it for IBM in Boca Raton Florida. [JMH]
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When Tim Patterson of Seattle Computer Products was originally contracted by Microsoft to write an operating system for the original IBM PC, he included the 'cd' command to change directories, probably owing to his previous Unix experience. However, we cannot blame Tim for any imperfections in Microsoft DOS or it's evolutionary descendants, the original Microsoft DOS was pulled from Tim long before he was finished with it by Microsoft's Bill Gates in order to demo it for IBM in Boca Raton Florida. [JMH]
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