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It's not clear what Gary Kildall has to do with this argument. He had a Ph.D. in computer science and developed one of the first successful operating system for
by hodgesrm 5y ago
It's not clear what Gary Kildall has to do with this argument. He had a Ph.D. in computer science and developed one of the first successful operating system for microcomputers. It's really hard to see him as disadvantaged. The legend of course is that he whiffed one of the biggest business opportunities in the history of computing, but lots of people have blown it in business. [1] The IBM story was interesting because Kildall was already successful.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall
- bsder 5y agoKildall couldn't "bet the farm" like Gates could because he didn't have the fallback of rich parents. The business was the fallback and he wasn't going to bet it. Kildall couldn't break the IBM logjam with CP/M because he couldn't call the IBM CEO directly.
- CheezeIt 5y agoMost people have parents with a couch you can crash on.