Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur, best known for his pioneering work in the development of personal computer operating systems. He founded Digital Research, which created the CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers) operating system in the late 1970s. CP/M became one of the first widely adopted operating systems for microcomputers and laid the groundwork for later operating systems, including MS-DOS.
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