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CP/M creator Gary Kildall's memoirs released as free download

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244 points rbanffy | 9 comments | 18 Jul 25 10:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.428s | source | bottom
1. skibz ◴[18 Jul 25 12:13 UTC] No.44603843[source]▶
I wish Gary was one of the people that the average joe associated with "people who are known for doing computer things", instead of only people such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

His accomplishments cannot be overstated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall#Recognition

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2. 0xEF ◴[18 Jul 25 16:56 UTC] No.44607058[source]▶
He was brilliant, but he was not a predator, which is always part of the problem. We know names like Gates and Jobs because they stepped on the shoulders of others and ate anyone who stood in their way alive. History remembers the victors.

That should automatically tell us we shouldn't trust them, and yet fandoms and followings abound.

3. 77pt77 ◴[18 Jul 25 17:01 UTC] No.44607107[source]▶
> instead of only people such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

At least gates could program...

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4. senderista ◴[18 Jul 25 19:05 UTC] No.44608582[source]▶
At least Jobs could design a product…
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5. canucker2016 ◴[18 Jul 25 20:21 UTC] No.44609372{3}[source]▶
Both of them screwed over early employees wrt company shares.

Jobs and Apple board didn't give stock options/shares to some early employees, Woz stepped in to make up for some of the shortfall. see https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Woz_Plan

Gates argued with Paul Allen about the percentage of company ownership. IMHO, Allen didn't like confrontation so Allen acquiesced to Gates benefit.

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6. gompertz ◴[18 Jul 25 23:39 UTC] No.44611062[source]▶
Yet in Gates' recently released memoir, if you do a ctrl+f for Kildall there are zero results. Unsure how Gates, as a programmer and business founder , could write a memoir without a single blurb for Gary.
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7. fortran77 ◴[19 Jul 25 00:34 UTC] No.44611416[source]▶
Everyone knows Gary Kildall. You're not the only one.
8. DavidLawsCHM ◴[19 Jul 25 01:50 UTC] No.44611832{3}[source]▶
The bio is in three parts. If he mentions Gary it will be in part 2.
9. burnt-resistor ◴[19 Jul 25 05:06 UTC] No.44612733{4}[source]▶
The Valley promotes such figures. I once had to intervene on behalf of some Japanese visitors who were being taken advantage of by a headstrong young whippersnapper in the Valley who was totally oblivious to the needs and customs of others.