The rest of the story: How Bill Gates beat Gary Kildall in OS war, Part 1

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The rest of the story: How Bill Gates beat Gary Kildall in OS war, Part 1

59:35 | Robert Scoble | Aug 8th, 2007 9:30am |

You’ve heard the story. Bill Gates and Microsoft became a hugely successful business after it bought DOS from a small computer store in Seattle and licensed it to IBM. But what really happened? Did you know that Bill Gates didn’t want the operating system business at first, for instance? Did you know that Gary Kildall, founder of Digital Research and inventor of CPM (the other operating system being considered for IBM PCs) was flying the day that IBM came visiting? You might know that, but do you know the rest of the story? Here it is. Tom Rolander was the guy flying with Gary Kildall and tells the other side of the story everyone in technology should know. Tom was Gary’s best friend and tells the story about what Gary really gave all of us — an operating system architecture that continues to be used today. Also seen in the video is Mrinal Desai, VP of sales and business development at CrossLoop (Tom’s newest company, which we’ll discuss in a separate video).

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft, DOS, Seattle, IBM, Gary Kildall, Digital Research, CPM, Tom Rolander, Mrinal Desai, CrossLoop

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2 Responses to “The rest of the story: How Bill Gates beat Gary Kildall in OS war, Part 1”

brad:
September 14th, 2007 at 7:18 am

hi my name is brad and im a 12 year old wiz kid and my dad taught me all he knows about computers and i can build a computer ON MY OWN.
Bob:
May 26th, 2008 at 2:24 am

This was a great video podcast! It actually built my confidence in using Crossloop. Giving control of my computer to someone else is a scary proposition. Especially when the software is offered free. Kind of a situation where you ask yourself, “What’s the catch?” Good to see that the guys that are at Crossloop’s helm are honest individuals. Makes one feel less suspicious about what the freebie program is dropping on my computer, or extracting from my computer. I stayed up late to watch the whole podcast! Most interesting.