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100. The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates? The Gary Kildall Story
Internet History Podcast
English - March 13, 2016 21:09 - 1 hour - 68 MB - ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsSociety & Culture History tech interview mac iphone ipad apple david floyd katie design Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Summary
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? Could things have turned out differently?
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Special thanks to Justin Schwinghamer for the original score and the voice acting.
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