[HN Gopher] Oral History of Brian L. Halla [pdf] (2013)
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       Oral History of Brian L. Halla [pdf] (2013)
        
       Author : lproven
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2024-04-27 14:27 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (archive.computerhistory.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (archive.computerhistory.org)
        
       | cs702 wrote:
       | Wow. The same Gary Kildall who was first approached by IBM for a
       | PC operating system[a] helped write Pixar's first 3-D renderer.
       | 
       | At a minimum, Kildall's Wikipedia page should be updated with his
       | contribution to Pixar!
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       | [a] Bill Gates was IBM's second choice, because at the time
       | Microsoft didn't have a PC OS:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall#IBM_dealings
        
         | magic_man wrote:
         | Interesting how he was also born in seattle. Seems like how a
         | lot of pioneers of the PC are from there.
        
           | cs702 wrote:
           | Maybe there was something on the water they drank as kids?
           | (I'm joking, in case it's not obvious!)
        
             | BirAdam wrote:
             | It's weird because there are several hotspots like that:
             | Seattle, SLC, Akron, and so on. Each one pumps out
             | greatness for a time, and then things move again.
        
               | jdougan wrote:
               | It works internationally too. eg. von Neumann, Teller,
               | Wigner etc. All Hungarians.
               | 
               | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists)
        
       | z0r wrote:
       | The retitling of this submission removes the submitter's intent
       | in sharing the article. It was something like: Gary Kildall wrote
       | Pixar's first renderer - before the renaming.
        
         | gwern wrote:
         | Direct link:
         | https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/20...
        
         | dang wrote:
         | The submitted title was "Gary Killdall, creator of CP/M, wrote
         | Pixar's original 3D renderer".
         | 
         | Submitters: If you want to say what you think is important
         | about an article, that's fine, but do it by adding a comment to
         | the thread. Then your view will be on a level playing field
         | with everyone else's:
         | https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
         | 
         | (From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: "
         | _Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or
         | linkbait; don 't editorialize._")
        
       | spit2wind wrote:
       | It says "Oral History". Is there an audio recording? The Computer
       | History Museum has recordings for other people. I can't find one
       | for this.
        
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