Gary Kildall

birth

Gary Kildall was born and grew up in Seattle, Washington, where his family operated a seamanship school.

company

Digital Research

mention

Oral History Panel on the Development and Promotion of the Intel 8008 Microprocessor (archive.computerhistory.org) Stan, tell us how the 8008 began.

product

CP/M

programming language

PL/M

random

The Samish River Unit is located near the mouth of the Samish River off Bayview-Edison Road, just south and west of the town of Edison in northwest Skagit County.

tags

computer scientist
human being
dead at the moment

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92627

Wikipedia

Gary Kildall (Wikipedia) Gary Arlen Kildall (/ˈkɪldˌɔːl/; May 19, 1942 – July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the CP/M operating system among other operating systems and programming tools, and subsequently founded Digital Research, Inc. to market and sell his software products.