Internet History Podcast -The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates? The Gary Kildall Story

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To celebrate our 100th episode, we’re taking a special look at one of the foundational legends of the technology industry. It’s about the man who invented the modern disc operating system (the OS) and the concept of the software platform. That man was Gary Kildall. And the question we examine in this episode is, why is Bill Gates the richest man in the world, and not Gary Kildall? Special thanks to Justin Schwinghamer for the original score and the voice acting. I think one must be careful not to take Gary Kildall’s take on the event too uncritically. I understand the incentive for IBM to not tell the truth after the threat of a lawsuit, you can look at Nolan…from internethistorypodcast.com

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