10 Questions
True or false:Gary Kildall created the first PC operating system, CP/M.
True
True or false: IBM approached Microsoft to create an operating system for their new PC, and Bill Gates pointed them towards Gary.
True
True or false: IBM refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement when they visited Gary Kildall's home.
False
True or false: Dorothy Kildall refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement when IBM visited their home.
True
True or false: Bill Gates bought an operating system from a small company down the road for $75,000, which was essentially a ripoff of CP/M.
True
True or false: The operating system that Bill Gates bought for $75,000 became known as MS-DOS and was packaged with every IBM PC.
True
True or false: The first IBM PC was released in August 1981 and sold two million units in a couple of years.
True
True or false: Gary Kildall became the co-host of the show Computer Chronicles, which followed the progress of personal computers.
True
True or false: CP/M eventually became Microsoft Windows.
False
True or false: Gary Kildall missed out on a big opportunity and suffered from depression and alcoholism.
True
Study Notes
- The video is about Gary Kildall, who created the first PC operating system, CP/M.
- IBM approached Microsoft to create an operating system for their new PC, and Bill Gates pointed them towards Gary.
- IBM visited Gary's home but he was not there, so they spoke to his wife Dorothy.
- Dorothy refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement, and IBM left frustrated.
- Bill Gates decided to buy an operating system from a small company down the road for $75,000, which was essentially a ripoff of CP/M.
- This operating system became MS-DOS and was packaged with every IBM PC.
- The first IBM PC was released in August 1981 and sold two million units in a couple of years.
- Gary became the co-host of the show Computer Chronicles, which followed the progress of personal computers.
- IBM overtook Apple as the world's largest PC manufacturer.
- MS-DOS eventually became Microsoft Windows.
- Gary Kildall invented the operating system for personal computers.
- His operating system was called CP/M.
- Bill Gates created MS-DOS, which became more popular than CP/M.
- IBM chose MS-DOS for their new PC.
- Microsoft licensed MS-DOS to IBM for a one-time fee.
- Microsoft didn't mention to IBM that the deal was non-exclusive.
- Microsoft began selling MS-DOS to IBM's competitors.
- Gary Kildall missed out on a big opportunity and suffered from depression and alcoholism.
- CP/M faded into obscurity.
- Gary Kildall died in 1994.
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