Killdall was still a fairly successful guy, but I get that he felt cheated. It's sad to see that he spiraled downward. A brilliant man who was taken advantage of. It's tragic. I really appreciate his contributions to Personal Computing. A true pioneer that should not be forgotten. Sad.
Quite sad indeed, I think he was more of an idealistically programmer and technical mind than a ruthless businessman, while I was researching the video I remember reading somewhere that he didn't think operating system companies should ever build applications because it would cause a conflict of interest, Bill Gates on the other hand really didn't care, Gates was a ruthless businessman who wanted to dominate at all costs without a single regard for ethics.
@@Tech_History_Channelabout “cause a conflict of interest” May you please refer me to this article? Killdall was a true genius and undoubtedly an interesting person
@@sidhuthesmwgroup here is the article: (computerhistory.org/blog/in-his-own-words-gary-kildall/) There is also a fantastic episode by the Internet History Podcast that delves deeper into Kidall's story - episode 100 of the podcast.
I had DR-DOS on my PC in the early 1990s. It ran great and I used it with Geoworks Ensemble 3.0, which was like Windows 3.1 and MS Office all rolled into one!
Great video and story. I love the vintage footage here.
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Killdall was still a fairly successful guy, but I get that he felt cheated. It's sad to see that he spiraled downward. A brilliant man who was taken advantage of. It's tragic. I really appreciate his contributions to Personal Computing. A true pioneer that should not be forgotten. Sad.
Quite sad indeed, I think he was more of an idealistically programmer and technical mind than a ruthless businessman, while I was researching the video I remember reading somewhere that he didn't think operating system companies should ever build applications because it would cause a conflict of interest, Bill Gates on the other hand really didn't care, Gates was a ruthless businessman who wanted to dominate at all costs without a single regard for ethics.
@@Tech_History_Channelabout “cause a conflict of interest”
May you please refer me to this article? Killdall was a true genius and undoubtedly an interesting person
@@sidhuthesmwgroup here is the article: (computerhistory.org/blog/in-his-own-words-gary-kildall/) There is also a fantastic episode by the Internet History Podcast that delves deeper into Kidall's story - episode 100 of the podcast.
I had DR-DOS on my PC in the early 1990s. It ran great and I used it with Geoworks Ensemble 3.0, which was like Windows 3.1 and MS Office all rolled into one!
Truly Amazing Video!
Thank You! Glad you enjoyed
great video
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