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Gary Kildall
Gary Arlen Kildall was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the operating system CP/M among other operating systems and programming tools, and subsequently founded Digital Research, Inc. to market and sell his software products. He is considered a pioneer of the personal computer revolution.
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business · American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur (1942–1994) · computer scientist · programmer · university teacher · businessperson · also Gary Kildall, Gary Arlen Kildall, Kildall
Born 19 May 1942 · Died 11 July 1994 · Q92627
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1995· 1 entry
“Special Edition: Gary Kildall.”
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1994· 3 entries
Died 1994-07-11.
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At the age of 52, Kildall sustained a head injury at the Franklin Street Bar & Grill, a biker bar in Monterey, California
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“Ask Bill [Gates] why the string in [MS-DOS] function 9 is terminated by a dollar sign. Ask him, because he can't answer. Only I know that.”
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1992· 1 entry
Kildall was invited to the University of Washington computer science program's 25th anniversary event
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1991· 1 entry
In a deal that netted millions for Kildall
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1985· 2 entries
Digital Research developed FlexOS, a modular real-time multiuser multitasking operating system (RTOS)
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The CD-ROM was presented by Philips and Sony, the same year Activenture was renamed KnowledgeSet
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1984· 1 entry
Gary started another company, Activenture, which adapted optical disc technology for computer use, using as reference the Red Book developed by Sony and Phillips in 1980
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1980· 1 entry
At Bill Gates' suggestion, to negotiate the purchase of a forthcoming version of CP/M named CP/M-86 for the IBM PC
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1974· 1 entry
In Pacific Grove, California, Kildall demonstrated the first working prototype of CP/M, which would later become the dominant operating system for microcomputers for a time
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1973· 2 entries
Kildall and Kathryn Strutynski developed the language PL/M to produce CP/M, one of the first operating systems for personal computers
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Developed the first high-level programming language for microprocessors, named PL/M
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1967· 1 entry
And a master's degree in Computer Science in 1968, both from the University of Washington
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-05-19.
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