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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 Gat

by skibz 1y ago

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall#Recognition

0xEF 1y ago
He was brilliant, but he was not a predator, which is always part of the problem. We know names like Gates and Jobs because they stepped on the shoulders of others and ate anyone who stood in their way alive. History remembers the victors. That should automatically tell us we shouldn't trust them, and yet fandoms and followings abound.
77pt77 1y ago
> instead of only people such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. At least gates could program...
- senderista 1y ago
  At least Jobs could design a product…
  - canucker2016 1y ago
    Both of them screwed over early employees wrt company shares. Jobs and Apple board didn't give stock options/shares to some early employees, Woz stepped in to make up for some of the shortfall. see https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Woz_Plan https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Woz_Plan Gates argued with Paul Allen about the percentage of company ownership. IMHO, Allen didn't like confrontation so Allen acquiesced to Gates benefit.
    - burnt-resistor 1y ago
      The Valley promotes such figures. I once had to intervene on behalf of some Japanese visitors who were being taken advantage of by a headstrong young whippersnapper in the Valley who was totally oblivious to the needs and customs of others.
- gompertz 1y ago
  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.
  - DavidLawsCHM 1y ago
    The bio is in three parts. If he mentions Gary it will be in part 2.
    - gompertz 1y ago
      Interesting, thx wasn't aware!
fortran77 1y ago
Everyone knows Gary Kildall. You're not the only one.
- Mraedis 1y ago
  I hadn't heard of him before this post.

by skibz 1y ago

0xEF 1y ago

He was brilliant, but he was not a predator, which is always part of the problem. We know names like Gates and Jobs because they stepped on the shoulders of others and ate anyone who stood in their way alive. History remembers the victors. That should automatically tell us we shouldn't trust them, and yet fandoms and followings abound.

77pt77 1y ago

> instead of only people such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. At least gates could program...

senderista 1y ago
At least Jobs could design a product…
- canucker2016 1y ago
  Both of them screwed over early employees wrt company shares. Jobs and Apple board didn't give stock options/shares to some early employees, Woz stepped in to make up for some of the shortfall. see https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Woz_Plan https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Woz_Plan Gates argued with Paul Allen about the percentage of company ownership. IMHO, Allen didn't like confrontation so Allen acquiesced to Gates benefit.
  - burnt-resistor 1y ago
    The Valley promotes such figures. I once had to intervene on behalf of some Japanese visitors who were being taken advantage of by a headstrong young whippersnapper in the Valley who was totally oblivious to the needs and customs of others.
gompertz 1y ago
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.
- DavidLawsCHM 1y ago
  The bio is in three parts. If he mentions Gary it will be in part 2.
  - gompertz 1y ago
    Interesting, thx wasn't aware!

fortran77 1y ago

Everyone knows Gary Kildall. You're not the only one.

Mraedis 1y ago
I hadn't heard of him before this post.