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May 19, 1942 Seattle, Washington, United States Died on 11 Jul 1994 (aged 52)
American computer scientist and entrepreneur
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About Gary Kildall
- Gary Arlen Kildall (; May 19, 1942 – July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur who created the CP/M operating system and founded Digital Research, Inc.
- (DRI).
- Kildall was one of the first people to see microprocessors as fully capable computers, rather than equipment controllers, and to organize a company around this concept.
- He also co-hosted the PBS TV show The Computer Chronicles.
- Although his career in computing spanned more than two decades, he is mainly remembered in connection with IBM's unsuccessful attempt in 1980 to license CP/M for the IBM Personal Computer.
