The Man Who ALMOST Became Bill Gates [Gary Kildall]

About this episode

This episode explores the life of Gary Kildall, a pivotal figure in computing who nearly became as influential as Bill Gates.

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People in this episode

Host: Dagogo Altraide

Topics covered

• technology
• business history
• personal stories
• entrepreneurship
• computing

Keywords

• Gary Kildall
• Bill Gates
• Microsoft
• Paul Allen
• technology history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft

Books & works: New Thinking

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