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

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244 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 10:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.259s | source
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POSSIBLE_FACT ◴[18 Jul 25 11:46 UTC] No.44603645[source]▶
Absolutely loved when I randomly caught an episode of Computer Chronicles back in the old time days.
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rbanffy ◴[18 Jul 25 12:04 UTC] No.44603765[source]▶
I think that, by now, I have watched every episode. He was the Bill Gates we needed.
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whobre ◴[18 Jul 25 12:14 UTC] No.44603845[source]▶
He was nothing like BG. Gary was an inventor, educator and most of all a visionary. He hated running a business, even though he started DRI after failing to convince Intel to buy CP/M.

Yes, there are quite a few videos on YouTube about him, named “The man who should have been Bill Gates” but that’s just click baiting. Watch the special episode of “The Computer Chronicles” about Gary Kildall and see what his friends and business associates say about him.

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1. wslh ◴[18 Jul 25 13:46 UTC] No.44604595[source]▶
I recommend reading "Idea Man" [1] by Paul Allen, Microsoft's cofounder, to understand the deep and early involvement he and Bill Gates had with computers.

I also recommend Hard Drive (1992) [2] for a deeper look into the business side of Bill Gates.

Regardless of any negative opinions about him, I believe Bill Gates was/is in a league of his own.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea_Man

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Drive-Making-Microsoft-Empire/dp...