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.

path on GitHub

https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/people/g/gary-kildall/gary-kildall.md

product

CP/M

programming language

PL/M

random

Thought experiment (Wikipedia) A thought experiment is a hypothetical situation in which a hypothesis, theory, or principle is laid out for the purpose of thinking through its consequences.

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.