Originally designed by [Gary Kildall] in 1973 ... Gary and his company Digital Research, were one of the top contenders for the operating system on IBM’s new personal computer.

(Digital Research, Inc., Monterey, CA) A software company founded in 1976 by Gary Kildall that spearheaded the microcomputer revolution with its CP/M operating system. Other DRI products included ...

But mention Gary Kildall, and you are likely to ... We forget, sometimes, how innovative Digital Research — Kildall’s company — was for the time. We think of CP/M as the venerable CP/M ...