P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

Thank You CompChron Readers: Gary Kildall

June 15, 2025

Two Gary Kildall stories:

I heard Gary say several times, "If Gates didn't steal CP/M to create DOS, ask him why there is a null at" some particular code location. Kildall says it was a signature to detect code theft. That was good enough for me. 

Gary’s company was originally called Intergalactic Digital Research, as he loved to remind people.

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