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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: 0.298s | source
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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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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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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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1. DavidLawsCHM ◴[19 Jul 25 01:50 UTC] No.44611832[source]▶
The bio is in three parts. If he mentions Gary it will be in part 2.