[jalisco555]

He suggested they talk to Gary Kildall about acquiring CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers). They did try but Kildall was apparently not available (out flying his plane, it's said) and his wife and lawyer refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

IIRC, Kildall died a while back under rather mysterious circumstances. Rumors at the time were that he killed himself due to his never getting over the missed opportunity to get in on the IBM PC gravy train. He was major player in the early days of personal computing and watching Gates whiz by him was unbearable, so I've heard.

[Swordmaker]

IIRC, Kildall died a while back under rather mysterious circumstances. Rumors at the time were that he killed himself due to his never getting over the missed opportunity to get in on the IBM PC gravy train.

I don't think suicide came into it... unless you count SBBBB... Suicide By Biker Bar Brawl. He was killed in a bar fight, July 6, 1994.