Gary Kildal

By admin , 21 December 2015
Gary
Kildal
Male
Description

Creator of CP/M, the first disk-based OS for microcomputers, Kildall built a precursor to MS-DOS. CP/M became a fertile ground for the development of application software for microcomputers that became precursors to modern software in personal computers, including word processors like WordStar and database systems like dBase.

Digital Research, Inc.
First PC OS, CP/M
Date of Birth
1942-05-19
Date of Death
1994-07-11
Gary Kildal

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